Willard Triathlon

A photo from the Du-Series I found last week on Facebook.

Just knocked out my first tri of the year. It was fun. I outdid my time from last year by nearly seven minutes. I was very pleased with that. Every aspect was faster this year including transitions. The back half of the bike leg seemed very slow to me, but it's terribly hilly. I seem to be better than many climbing, although I hate it. I like seeing the younger folks at these races. I wish I had taken up this sport at a younger age. Not that I would be better at it by now. But I could enjoy it for that much longer. It really is kind of a habit forming sport and there are some great folks involved in it. My time this year would have been good enough for me to place in my AG last year. It seems that everyone this year was faster. I noticed that attendance this year was slightly less than last year. I'm wondering if I'll do this one next year myself. It didn't seem very well supported. One big beef I had was the shirt situation. I know doing no one runs any of these races just to get the shirt, but at the same time I could hardly believe that all they had were small and X-large shirts. Post race snacks and drinks were kind of sparse as well. I'm considering the Tin Man for next June's race.