St Anthony’s - Wind and Waves

Written by Larry Mayse

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For the second year in a row athletes at St Anthony’s had to contend with rough water in the swim and windy conditions on the bike. At least this year we got the swim in. However, by later swim waves they stopped the race and reset to a shorter swim course due to deteriorating conditions. The new swim course made for a fast swim as most of it was with a tailwind. The bike kept you pretty busy with gusty conditions, especially down town between the tall buildings. Due to a departure morning dental emergency I didn’t put my all of my race wheels in the car for the trip to St. Petersburg. I had to ride with a Zipp disk and a Zipp 808 in the race. Sometimes, on the bike, I felt like I was more in a rodeo than in a triathlon. I don’t recommend this race wheel setup in a 25-30 knot wind. I came out of T2 with a slight lead in my age group but was caught at mile one by the ultimate winner. I was really impressed by this 64 year old guy and his strong 43 min 10K. Still, it was a great race as always - big race buzz and super competition.

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