Flagstaff, Arizona
Flagstaff is about 7,000 feet, and for two years in a row I have
really had a hard time during the swim. Visibility was approximately 3 inches
in the muddy water which also made for an unpleasant swim. I like the bike
course. It rolls like Hawaii. I got up to 50 mph on one of the downhill
stretches. The run has a hill that goes up for 1.5 miles. That is never fun in
a triathlon. My time was ok given the course and the fact that I was a bit
sick. I have some upper respiratory congestion. It was hard to tell how much of
what I was experiencing was being sick or the elevation. It is a beautiful
race, just not a race designed for my strengths.
