Tyson Wieland Racing

In the beautiful peninsula of Florida, in the city of Clermont is where my season began at the Draft-Legal Clermont EDR(Elite Development Race). Coming from Iowa where getting above 50 degrees is a challenge Florida was a breath of fresh air for sure. Warming up I noticed that my assumptions the day before were correct, I was one of the only athletes without a wetsuit. I didn't let this really bother me though and looked at the positives such as the fact I could have the fastest transition from swim to bike pretty easily. The race starts and the swim is a typical swim in which I came out of the water a very cold 38th place, but I quickly sprinted up the beach and into transition. Claiming the fastest transition 1 of the day in the process. On to the bike I quickly was able to organize a group and have a strong bike, but this is where I ran into some trouble that day. I had lost my water bottle before the race somehow so after a strong bike I came off to the run but had bad shin spl...

As the 2014 season rolls around the corner, and the triathlons start up again. I want to reflect on my story and how I got to where I am now. It is pretty lengthy as most life stories are, but I hope mine can interest you. I am 19 year old (race age 20 this year), and I have been in sport for 3 years. To get where I am now I had to start somewhere, and it all began with swimming. I started swimming for a swim team at a very young age, and was mediocre at best. I was a part of the Iowa West Swim Conference, on Perry Iowa's Summer Swim Team. I was always fighting to get a relay spot, but for the most part my early years were just for fun and to stay active over the summer. Along with being a swimmer, I did what many other kids did. I tried all the common sports such as baseball, basketball, football, wrestling, and soccer. I noticed right off the gun that I wasn't the greatest at any of these, but I wanted to be the star player. That wasn't going to happen though co...