Nathan Tempe Triathlon - Olympic Course - TriathlonOlympic

Swam better than the splash n dash a few days before, but still slower than I anticipated by 3-4 minutes. Early scrum was challenging, and I made contact with more people than usual fighting for position. Finally found some clean water about 250m in, and kept it most of the way to the finish. My concentration was much better, as I counted cadence with my pull and tried to stay focused.

Not sure - if I start further back, I might have to deal with going around people, but I would avoid the scrum early on. If I stay up front, I deal with the fighting but remain closer to clean water earlier on.

Easy T1, except I was messing with my GPS watch to get it working. Scrapped the idea when I got to my bike and decided just to race without checking my time, HR, etc. Went through transition pretty quickly and got onto my bike and moving at the mount line.

Forget about the GPS - if it is not working, let it go.

This was a good ride for me - although I could not see my speed (cyclometer also bonked out on me at the start), I kept a good cadence and rhythm and moved along well. Fought some headwind at one point of the loop, but managed through it, and climbed out of the saddle when necessary to keep my speed going. I kept pace with my nutrition, knowing I would need it for the run as the heat was rising. Took a salt tab about 2/3 into the bike, and had a Clif Shot Block as well, along with a bottle of electrolytes.

Nothing with my performance. I spun when necessary, pushed when I felt like it, and kept a good pace throughout.

A good T2 - having left my shoes on my bike. Ran through transition and stopped to put on socks for the run, which did not seem to slow me down much.

Nothing - would like to get this under 1:00, but I am not going to be critical over :22 at this point - I have bigger areas to improve upon.

The heat was settling in as we started the race 45 minutes late. The run was quite hot with very little shade. Water stations were positioned well and of great assistance. Pilon caught up with me about a mile into the run and we ran together at an 8min/mi pace, then a 8:15/mi pace, then a 8:30/mi pace. Legs were beginning to cramp but I ignored them and pressed on, and Steve fell off with about 1.5mi to go due to leg pain. I managed a sub-9 min/mi pace for the whole run, but have to figure my pace for the last couple miles was closer to 10 min/mi.

Just keep pushing. The heat should not affect me for a 10K, and I cannot let it.

Water and Perform, then some more fluid at the ONE tent. Hung out with ONE members, then loaded my gear and headed home to relax.


My swim still needs to be faster as an average, and my run needs to et back to where it was early in the season.


Red Rock continues to put on good races, and just needs to figure out the starts a bit better. This is at least the second RR race where start has been delayed 30 minutes or more. But they still run an awesome race.