Toronto Island Triathlon 2013 Results

As part of the MultiSport Canada Triathlon series (http://www.multisportcanada.com/) the Toronto Island Triathlon was held this past Sunday.  The weather was a perfect sunny 17C in the morning and 27C later in the afternoon, and light winds made for excellent racing conditions. 

I’m happy to say that I had a great race time of 1:35:30.  A big improvement over last year. Here’s my race breakdown: 

750m Swim 19:08, (T1 3:21) 20km Bike 44:23, (T2 0:57) 5km Run 27:44.   

All the time spent cycling really paid off, as I shaved 8 min off my bike time, which I’m most pleased with.  And it seems those elastic laces really did speed up my T1 time after all, so kudos to them.  I’m excited about my upcoming race at Kelso Lake next weekend. Maybe if I push it just a little harder I can finally break that 1:35:00 mark.  Here’s hoping! 

And here are some action shots for fun:

Triathlon Season 2013

Its Triathlon season again!  And this year I’ve registered for two races: the Toronto Island Triathlon on Aug 25, and the Ontario Women’s Triathlon, at Kelso Lake, on Sept 1. Hopefully, none of the swims will be cancelled due to poor water conditions and none of the races will be modified to duathlons, like what happened to me twice last year.  So keep your fingers crossed!

With less than a week to go my mind is very focussed on the task at hand.  I’ve been trying to get down to Cherry Beach for some open water swims to compliment my pool training. And with the addition of a wetsuit to my gear bag this season I’m optimistic for posting my best swim time yet.  

The other gear change I’ve made this season is elastic laces.  I’ve swapped my old fashioned tie up laces for these speedy laces that I see some racers use to help reduce their transition time. That might save me 30 seconds, I suppose at most. But it all helps, as T1 is the worst time guzzler. 

Other than those 2 additions I’m using the gear I had last year from cycling and running and I’ve just been trying to get as much time training for both as I could squeeze in.  Basically I’ve been doing some form of cardio for at least an hour, 6 days each week all summer.  Let’s hope this is enough for a decent time. I’m hoping for 1h:35min - 1h:40min for the Sprint Triathlon course (750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run).

So wish me luck, and wish for good weather too, and I’ll be sure to post this years race time for all to see.