Team Member: Sam Morgan

Race Name: Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon

Race Date: 7/12/09

Race Placement/Time/Qualification: 8th Elite / 13th OA 2:08:50

Tell us about your race (limit 250 words)…: Never knew this race was so big until I got there. Cool race venue, and relatively big hills on the bike and run… definitely a course for those with good power / weight ratios. The humidity was also murdering me. I had a goal of racing a higher HRs than I had done in the past because I felt I was a little too far under my lactate threshold based on the running races I had done. I had no problem maintaing a higher HR (but not a harder effort) due to the humidity.

I’ve had pretty good races this year up until this race. I was a bit under trained going into West Point Lake, and more under trained going into this race. Now that my main summer work obligation is over I can really get back to some consistent training leading up to age group nationals.