The last race on my schedule before the championship races at HyVee and 70.3 Worlds was this past weekend’s Racine 70.3.
There isn’t much to say about the race itself – basically it was the Lionel Sanders and Andrew Starykowicz show. Starky swam front pack and then used his massive watts to put 8.5 minutes on our group on the bike, while Lionel caught us on the bike and then ran a 1:09:36 half marathon for the win. I thought I had third locked up halfway through the run when Peter “Robbo” Robertson came flying by at a pace I couldn’t match. He opened up about 45 seconds on me, but around mile 9 I started feeling good and the gap started coming down. I whittled it down to 20s but didn’t have enough to get him. So fourth it was.
Six weeks until HyVee and seven to 70.3 Worlds. Time to get fast!
The front swim pack exiting a cold and flat Lake Michigan.
Throwback to 2010 70.3 WC running with Fontana. Robbo in chase.
It was cool to meet this 3 x ITU world champ – I was just getting into triathlon when I watched him win in Gamagori in 2005.