End of season in Locarno

Last Saturday, my girlfriend and I traveled to Locarno (Tessin) for my last Triathlon in 2010. We looked forward to a sunny weekend with good friends, delicious dishes and of course the competiton. Yes, the competition. What could I expect? No miracles. Two weeks ago I was sick for a few days, so my already questionable shape, even the one which was left, was difficult to estimate. So what!

3k's swim, 80k's bike and 20k's run
Sunday morning, packed in my wetsuit, I nervously stood at the start line, waiting for the starting signal. Oh my gosh! After a few meters swimming I though I never did it before! Indeed I was slow, really slow. Changed on the bike I was trying to catch up as lot competitors as I could. But why my legs were feeling tired after a few minutes? Later on the bike I got additionally pain at my lower back. For minutes it was pretty hard to get over it. Finally, I changed for the last time. Guess what? Right, running wasn't any better.

Conclusion: Things were as my current condition is like. Mediocraty. It has only shown me that I'm still good on the bike, even though lesser training, still know how to run, but urgently need to improve swimming a great deal!!!

The rest of my longer weekend was just awesome! Ticino is a travel always worth.

Bye for now.
Sandro