website: www.msctriathlon.com
Date: Saturday, June 26/10
Distance: 750m/30k/7.5k
Swim 750m
This is a nice race if you are afraid of the swim. It is a time trial start & the race starts with the youngest athlete & the last swimmer to start is the oldest racer. I started #221 out of 239. Each swimmer starts at 5 second intervals. You start in the water at the side of the dock, & swim up one side of the canal, across & down the other side. There is very little congestion in this swim. Again, I have not swum since the last race due to a rotator cuff injury. This is a nice swim & I passed alot of people across the top & coming down the other side of the canal. The water is clear & free of weeds,which is another plus for this race. The water is deep right until the edge of the canal, where you step onto small pebbles & there are men pulling you out of the water. This year they had a timing mat just outside of the water to give a true swim time.
Swim time: 14:06 81/239 overall
Run up: 2:43 There is a long run up to transition, with it being on a cement pathway, then a gravel road, & back to pavement once you reach transition.
T1 1:35
Bike 30k
This bike course is flat! The course had changed since I did the race 2 years ago. It was still perfectly flat & the only bumps were the train tracks that we crossed on the way out & back. I passed alot of people being in the last wave. It was a beautiful day for a bike ride!
Bike time: 59:14 30.4kph 147/239 overall
T2 1:12
Run 7.5k
This is a nice run course. Once you leave transition & get off the gravel road, you are on a paved pathway around the canal. You start on one side of the canal, run along the other side to the end, around the corner to the turnaround on the other side & follow the same path back. It was a beautiful day with a slight breeze. This year the run finishes on the grass & not in the arena as in previous years.
Run time: 41:28 5:32/k 151/239 overall
Finish time: 2:00:16 2/5 age group 134/239 overall
Again Multisport put on a great race! From the pre race course descriptions to the food after the race, everything is done to help the athlete race well.
Congratulations to all of the Running Free athletes at the race.
