Telos Utah Valley Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

This was a good swim for me, but I think that I probably swam 50-100 yards further than I needed to because I couldn't swim in a straight line. I ended up zig zagging a lot which I'm sure didn't help my time. I was comfortable in the water, just did not sight well. The song "What would you do with a Drunken Sailor" came to mind. I probably was about 2/3's of the way back on the swim. My goal had been to stay relaxed on the swim and focus on stroke technique, which overall I feel quite good about, but in my focus to stay relaxed, I just plain forgot to sight as often as I should. You'd have thought I'd figure out by the time I was halfway through the swim, that I needed to sight better and more frequently, but no, wasn't gonna happen

I started wide, to avoid traffic, and just kept getting wider! haha . Then I decided I needed to swim closer to the correct line of swim, so I ended up INSIDE the triangle. In fact one of the search and rescue guys had to point me back in the right direction. Told him I was feeling fine, just being a "drunken sailor" (funny thing is, I'm a non-drinker).

Got straigtend out and then headed for the shore, about 50 yards from where I was supposed to come out. I corrected my self and FINAALY got in the the end of the swim!

LEARN TO SWIM IN A STRAIGHT LINE!

I also need to continue to focus on good form. I'm certain I could swim faster if I maintained my form better

For a first "full" distance sprint OWS, I'm really fairly pleased

Ok -- this transition, to put it mildly "STUNK"!!!!

This race was not chip timed, so I wore my running watch (not my Garmin) to get my splits. Well-- silly me, I put my wetsuit on before the swim, and then put the watch on the outside of the left sleeve, so that I could periodically during the swim take a look at how I was doing on pace. BAD CHOICE! I get to the end of the swim -- Come out of the water (which was really soft bottomed where we exited-which slowed the exit) and hit the lap button on the watch. Get to the shore to start to strip my wetsuit, which was coming off REALLY well, until I got to my left sleeve. You see, I had forgotten that the watch was there, so when I pulled the sleeve off, it wouldn't come off!!! Took me a little time to figure out what the issue was. So I had to pull that sleeve back on, which was tough becuause it was mostly inside out. Undo the watch, and then I could FINALLY get the suit off. Then since I didn't bring flip flops, I had to slip on my running shoes to get across the very gravel road from the exit to T-1. I was probably 1:30 before I even left the water exit.

Got up to the t-zone, and even though I had everything laid out well, I just couldn't get it together. FINALLY, after what seemed an eternity, I head out for the bike -- wondering what was gonna happen next.

REMEMBER that I have a watch on the sleeve of my wetsuit. Or don't bother wearing one in the water and have a friend time my swim in a non-chip timed race. Get some flip flops to stage at the exit point (when needed) so I can get them on more quickly and up to transition area

Stay focused. Develop a pattern for transition, so that it becomes routine.

This ride was really good. I felt strong all the way. Did slow a bit on a couple of the rollers. Was more downhill on the outbound and more uphill on the return. My shifting felt pretty smooth overall. I'm happy with it

My turn around was a little wide though so I ended up for a short distance in the weeds on the side of the road. Stayed upright, but was concerned that I might pick up a thorn and get a flat. Fortunately, I didn't and I kept going well.

Passed many riders on the bike, got passed like once that I remember. Felt Great!

Not a lot. I was pretty happy with this ride

This transition was still a bit more slow than it should have been, but it was lots better than the first one.

Not much. Just do it faster

I felt really pretty strong on this run. The worst climb was in the first half mile, and given the post bike rubber leg syndrome I was really pleased with my 7:51 pace on this portion of the run

Best part of this run was the fact that I don't recall ANYONE passing me. I picked off a lot of people one by one! I knew I'd probably win AG when I got to about mile 2.5 and came upon another from my AG. I saw his age on his calf and as I overtook him, I said, "Looks like we have a race on our hands!" And I started to push a little. About that time, I suspect he saw my age on my calf and said, yea -- looks like you got my medal! I thought, I'm gonna do all I can to keep it, so I pushed. I don't know how far behind me he came in. I'll update when I get the official results. (Official results in: 17th Overall, 12th in Gender, 1st AG -- Beat second place by 1:07)


Don't be afraid to push it a little bit more. This run was hilly, and several commented that it was kind of a tough one, with the dirt trails over about 3/4 mile of it and the rolly polly hills. It was probably the toughest run course I've done in a triathlon, so I'm very please wiht my pace!!

Walked it off, Drank some water. Coughed a lot.


Poor Transitions, and the fact that I haven't learned how to swim a straight line. I need to work a lot more on sighting.


This race was a second thought for me, since drewwhite threatened me with my life if I didn't do it. My intial approach was to treat it as a double brick, which I'm sure impacted my transitions particularly. But since I didn't have much expectation going into the race, I was able to stay relaxed and enjoy the event!

Small race, great staff and cause, very good venue. In fact they plan to add a half iron to the race next year as well as add USAT sanctioning. Will make it a bigger draw.

Because the race was small, I figured I'd have a decent chance of getting my elusive hardware, but never in my wildest dreams did I actually expect to WIN my AG. That's right -- First Place in my AG! I couldn't believe it! I'm SOOO excited about it! There were at least 2 other racers, because 1st, 2nd, and 3rd were awarded! I'll post the actual numbers/rankings once the official results come in.

This race was not chip timed, so the splits are my own based on my Garmin and my other race watch (yes -- once I was out of the water and exiting T1 I had 2 timekeeping devices on my person.

This was a great race for the Utah BT crew as well... 3 of us participated that I'm aware of. Me (sprint), drewwhite (olympic), and Rollin' Thunder (Olympic). All three of us snagged hardware! Drew and I first place in AG and Rollin' Thunder 3rd in AG.

Was a great day for BT and for me! What an exciting thing! I've NEVER EVER in my life taken first place in ANYTHING athletic, and today, I did! I guess my training is paying off!

I'll definately run this race again in the future!