2013 American Triple T - Race Report

The American Triple T lived up to the hype, again! It honestly is one of my favorite events due to the unique event layout, challenging course and camaraderie that is built throughout the weekend! I am truly grateful to my main sponsor 1st Endurance. Throughout a whole weekend of "talking nutrition" and handing out lots and lots of EFS and Ultragen single serve samples, I met a ton of new people and was finally able to put faces to names!

Race Highlights

American Triple T - Nutrition Report

I've detailed 3 days of race and recovery nutrition over on 1st Endurance Team Page.

Please follow the link below to give it a read

http://team.firstendurance.com/profiles/blogs/american-triple-t-nutrition-report

As always, ask a question and I'll respond!

American Triple T - Results

I had a great weekend down in Ohio for the kick-off to my season.  I was a bit surprised at my level of fitness for the lack of any really long rides.  Spring this year in Michigan has been brutal and I thought I'd really be suffering because of it.

More details to come when the final results are posted but I was in 8th overall after race 3.

I finished strong on Sunday for the finale and I think I ended up in 4th for race 4.   That might have been enough to crack into the Top 5 Overall, but for now I just wait.

More details to come, including power numbers, run splits and nutrition!

Train Safe.

American Triple T Tips

There have been a lot of blogs and forum discussion about every minutia of this race. This blog post isn't to rehash those details. What follows is a list tips and course highlights that if I were a first time TTT racer, I'd love to know.

#1 Triple T Rule - if you're adjusting your effort any time during the weekend because you feel like you're going too slowly...come Sunday afternoon, you’ll probably wish you hadn’t.

The Swim

Tri Season Kick-off (and it's a doozy!)

It's almost kick-off for my tri season, to say I'm excited would be an understatement. Two weeks to go!

The American Triple T is one of my favorite triathlon events in the mid-west. It has a 10ish year history of being a grueling 3 day, 4 race challenge drawing out some of the mid-west's most competitive AG racers. The results sheet read like the top of the USAT mid-west ranking at year end. Lots of Kona guys and 70.3 winners/Vegas qualifiers, and some incredibly speedy Olympic distance guys. This year is no different, the race director even touting this year as having the most competitive fields yet!

The Format
Race 1 - Friday, Super Sprint
Race 2 - Saturday AM, Olympic Distance
Race 3 - Saturday PM, Olympic (bike/swim/run)
Race 4 - Sunday, 1/2 iron distance