Race Report: 2018 Dunedin Rotary Triathlon
This season my approach has been a renewed focus on short distances, in triathlon and road running. I'm still doing a 70.3 near the end of the year, but I've selected several key short course races leading up. This month is the Dunedin Rotary Sprint Triathlon. This is my second time doing the event on Honeymoon Island. Two years ago it was not a USA Triathlon sanctioned race, which lead to a lot of disappointment when I realized it would not count in the USAT rankings. Last year, new race management took over and it was a sanctioned event. I skipped last year but returned when they moved the race a month earlier, from June to May. My wife called this "Dunedin Sprint, or I didn't get bit by a rattlesnake". This is due to the large sign as you enter that says "Caution, rattlesnakes common on the island". Great. I am glad we missed the purple flag on the beach when we entered, indicating dangerous marine life present. I assume it was for sting