South Bend Indiana Xterra, off road Triathlon – 8-6-2016

Race is held at Potato State Park- about 20 miles south of South Bend Indiana.

The swim is in a decent sized lake, but they had a outbreak of blue/ green algae that made water conditions less than ideal. The swim was listed as ½ mile, but believe it was closer to ¾ of a mile. Bike loop was 2 loops on a tight 8-mile single track trail. The run was a 4.2 mile off road loop, with a few small hills

The weather outlook was perfect- low 80’s, Friday I pre rode mountain bike loop with Kurt- it helped to know the trail, passing would be a challenge

Race morning was a perfect day.

My swim was decent. I got behind the main pack, and was able to draft at times, and felt comfortable. I was 43rd out of 103 coming out of the swim, and passed 2 people in transition. I hit the bike hard, most people were good about moving when you caught them and so I passed close to 20 people. As I hit the run, I felt really strong and passed 7 people to finish first in my class and 16th overall

This was my last race before National Championships in Utah in mid-September- so feeling like everything is coming together.

Ken