Team Member: Chet Mathe

Race Name: Chattanooga Waterfront

Race Placement/Time/Qualification: 24/108

Tell us about your race (limit 500 words)…: I was in the last group to start, so I waited around for a long, long time. On the upside, I didn’t hit any traffic on the swim. It was much easier than usual to stay in a good rhythm.

As I was coming into T1, I heard the race announcer calling names of folks as they finished the race. That was pretty crazy. How long was I at that starting line anyway?

I love hills, so the bike was really fun. I dropped my chain just after the turn around, which probably cost me a few minutes. Overall, though, it was a decent split.

The run course was nice, but my time was much slower than my goal. I have been nursing a bum foot over the past few weeks, so most of my run workouts have been on the elliptical in the air conditioning. Not really a good simulation for the conditions out there.

There are definitely areas for improvement, but I could tell that Coach Jon’s workouts are really paying off.