MICHAEL LOVATO | Professional Triathlete

How did I manage to wait this long to write the report?!? Not sure, but it must have had something to do with the long travel home from STX, the packing of the Austin apartment, the driving to Boulder, and the stops in Lubbock and Albuquerque along the way! Or I’m just slow.

It’s almost so late that it’s irrelevant, but not quite. I figure I had better post a report prior to the next race, or it will be too late. Although I’m a big believer in the saying mas vale tarde que nunca!

I traveled to New Hampshire with Simon and his friend Alan. We had a pretty uneventful trip to Boston, and the drive up to Gilford was fairly painless. Both Simon and I were slated to talk at the “Dinner of Champions”, along with a few other atheltes. We showed up at the Gunstock Ski Area with just enough time to register for the race, and get in line for some food. For those of you who have never raced this event, you owe it to youselves to someday make the trip.

The race at Disney has changed elements of its course each of the last four years, since its inception. The swim has remained the same, the bike has changed from year to year, and there have been three different run courses. In my opinion, this year’s bike course was the best it’s been, and the run was probably the toughest. I was very excited to try out my new blueseventy pointzero3 skinsuit for the race. I received it two days before the race, so I was able to swim in it one time on Saturday. It felt great, and I figured it was going to be a nice little aid for a faster swim. Even if most of the other pros are using the same suit, it still seemed like it would give me an edge!

The 2007 season is officially underway! Amanda and I traveled out to Oceanside, CA last week for the sixth running of the half ironman in the San Diego area. Having done the Ironman back in 2001, and having raced all but the 2002 version of the half, I have become very familiar with this race course.