Matt Faus

I completed my first ever triathlon this past weekend and it was incredible! I set a goal of finishing under 90 minutes, and came in at 82:08! The event started with a 500m swim in the San Francisco bay. I wore a wetsuit, but it was still very cold. The wetsuit was sleeveless, which did not help matters. When I came out of the water I was very numb and disoriented. I literally felt like I was about to pass out, and I have never really experienced that before.

I ran towards the bike rack and slipped out of my wetsuit, into my socks, cycling shoes, and helmet. I was riding away 3 minutes later. The cycling section went pretty well, the only difficult part was riding against some strong winds. Some of the other guys in the race sure did fly past me though. I even saw one racer with a flat tire – I’m sure glad that didn’t happen to me!

Transitioning into the run was much easier. I slipped off my cycling shoes and put on my running shoes at a hat. I made it out of there in 61 seconds! I started off with a rather slow pace, but picked it up at the end to bring it home at 1:22:08.

My official times were .5k Swim 12:57, T1 3:07, 20k Bike 38:40, T2 1:01, 5k Run 26:23. Total = 1:22:08. Age group rank = 5/11.

The main training I had been doing since the beginning of the year was geared towards fat loss, but I really enjoyed the race and will begin training for the Olympic distance triathlon next year.

Be sure to check out the pictures on the website!

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