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Hemet Tinsel Triathlon

StephCat
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Hemet Tinsel Tri

  • December 14, 2005
  • Rated 2 of 5 by StephCat from Redondo Beach, California
The Hemet Tinsel Tri was the first tri for which I've had absolutely no pre-race jitters--most likely because I knew I wasn't going to get the *** pounded out of me in the surf. Hah! there was no surf. The swim was a measly 100m in a heated outdoor pool. More on that later.

The Tinsel Tri is also a backwards tri in that you run first, then bike, then swim.

The run course itself was a little dull, just around the residential neighborhood near the high school. No mile markers. There was one water station (I'm guestimating) a little past the halfway point.

The bike course was a flat 12-mile there-and-back. Again, not particularly scenic, but fast.

The hardest part about the swim was the fact that my bike was racked in the rack farthest from the entry/exit for the transition area (all the others were totally filled by the time I got to the race that morning), and that meant I had to traverse a fairly long distance barefoot.

Regarding the swim, I obviously decided that 100m just simply wasn't long enough, so, considering how I entered the pool at the near corner, I ended up doing a down (following the black line), half across (going under the divider), back (following another black line), and the rest of the way across the pool width-wise (to exit up the stairs).

Would I do this one again? Probably not, unless I combined it with a trip to Glen Ivy Spa on the way back. It's just not scenic or interesting enough of a tri to make the 200-mile round-trip worth it. But I am happy with my performance, and considering I'm not registered for any events till mid-January, it was nice to do something. And the long-sleeved T-shirt's really cute!

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