Tyson Wieland Racing

For three years in a row I have been blessed to be able to travel out to Monroe, WA to compete in TriMonroe. It is by far one of my favorite races and it is bittersweet that this is my last time competing in it. This year was am EDR race in comparison to Junior the last two years. After finishing 4th last year, this year was a chase for a top 2 podium and a pro card. The weekend kicked off bright and early with a flight that landed us in Seattle Thursday morning. WA is just as beautiful as I remember and breath of fresh air for sure. Arriving so early made for a pretty long relaxing day off. I get pretty antsy on days off, this one especially since I hadn't had a full day off in months. My teammates filter and in and I assembled my bike so it was ready for my Pre-race Friday. I also get some food for the weekend as well as my stable Pre-race hydration Nuun. One of those pretty flight pictures Friday rolls around and after sleeping in a bit. I grab some food off the hotels complimen...

Beautiful Winona, MN is the location of my first Olympic distance triathlon. However, before we get to the race I'm going to start with the events leading up to it. This weeks training leading up to the race was better than last weekends, but still a rough one for me with a few unexpected events coming up. I had some really good runs lately which is really the key to my races. Once I arrive the day before the race, I pick up my packet, listen to the race briefing, and head to the race course to do my pre-race. Upon arrival of the course I am greeted by a beautiful lake with a bluff to match. I snap a quick picture and take it all in before staring my warm up. Lake Winona I warm up all three disciplines without anything out of the ordinary, except a bit of fatigue in my legs. I check out the transition area and finish line quickly before heading off to dinner by myself. I enjoy some of the local food and head over to my gracious host family Kevin and Beth Anne Feine. Special shout o...

So as I finish up my first weekend of racing this summer I have mixed feelings all over the board from bad to good. I started the weekend a little bit nervous that my performances would wouldn't be up to par because of being very sluggish at the beginning of the week, along with a "tempo" run that was far from my normal on Monday and not in the right direction. However, ultimately the disipline I was most worried about is my strength so I mentally over powered the sluggishness starting with the Dam to Dam 5k on Saturday. I woke up that morning feeling slightly better than I had the previous days. I had the night in downtown Des Moinesjust  blocks away from the start of my race. So with no rush I throw on my running uniform and head out for a warm up. It is a pretty warm and muggy morning, so I am able to break a sweat easy during my warm up and stretches. This is perfect because being sluggish I knew the start of the race would be harder due to taking a bit longer to get ...