Rev3 Williamsburg - Olympic Rev - Triathlon

The start was extremely shallow about waist deep and at the start I tried to stay outside and started swimming but most everyone was on their feet until about the first bouy. I was just not feeling it and my swim was just off. Swallowed a ton of river water and just couldn't swim straight and drifted way wide. Especially on the inward leg. I was swimming really good coming in but this swim flat out sucked and the conditions were 100x better than last year.

No idea where to start. Swim straight, take advantage to free speed, navigate better, and get into a rhythm and swim. 21st of 28 and 176 of 295 coming out of the water. Ugly!

Long run up to transition across a grassy field. Took time to dry my feet and had issues stuffing my bag. Sprayed down tri slide and sunscreen and was off.

Run faster, change faster.

Got going and had some a couple people pass me going out the park. As we got onto the road I locked onto a disc wheel and nice butt and followed her forward until we hit the main road. Passed a few of my teammates. Once we started climbing I passed her and set out on my own. Reached the church to turn onto the first loop hit the really rough sections of road around the pond. Kept moving forward but was surprised as an Aquabiker went flying past me. towards the end of the loop 5-6 people on their second loop started passing me which was a bit depressing. Started the second loop and got a big drink and had a gel and had a woman pass me on a Kestrel. Passedher back and got the positive feedback of having people to pass from the first few waves and those on their first loop. Hit the turn and got to head for home, Passed a guy in my age group and ran over a rock and heard a pop. Then made the turn and headed to T2 about quarter miles, As I made the final turn My pedal were scraping the group which wasn't right. Turned out my rear tire was flat.

Mentally lost it at times on the second loop and could have done without the flat. Although the flat didn't hurt me too much. Moved from 21st to 14th in my AG and 179th to 87th OA from T1 to T2.

Had a good transition other than some issues getting racked up due to the persons next to me racing in the wrong spot. Had to fight that an my bag.

Not too much as can't control what others do. Guess I should have beaten them to T2

Got out of transition and was feeling fairly good and was running ok as I waited for my legs to come in but they never did. I had trouble with the quick hills and sharp turns but even when I got out in the road I just couldn't get going, then second loop wasn't much better. Very slow and just kept getting passed.

No idea why I ran so poorly. Lost one spot in my AG (14th to 15th)and 4 spots OA (87th to 91st) so maybe it wasn't the worst run but it wasn't relative to everyone else but I ran faster the next day in Chattenooga on a hiller course with high heat and humidity.

Had to pack up and head out almost immediately as had to walk out to the car and load up and head out. Had to drive back home then back to Philly to catch a plane by 6:30pm and then fly to Chattenooga via Charlotte. Got to my hotel about 12:45am. Long day


Wasn't in the right frame of mind on either the swim and run


Didn't get to see the expo or post race but I liked the course changes and it was much smoother in the morning than last year. Good race but a so-os performance.