Chicago Triathlon - Olympic Course - Triathlon

lake was super choppy and threw me around like a rag doll, plus i must have swum an extra 300m zigzagging all over the place.

learn to swim straight.. i swam in the pool for a year and never realized how much i favored my right arm until i started open-water swimming this summer. i must have compensated without realizing it in the pool all that time. also i need to get more comfortable with group swims..

transition was super muddy and huge so i had to run far and i'm a slow runner, but i'm still not sure why my T1 time was so long - i know i wasn't a speed racer, but this is crazy long.

i dunno.. run faster?

few things in life make me happier than clipping into my peddles. ii'm pretty sure this is a PR for me for this distance.

i had a great ride. i might try to keep my pave more inform. it varied a lot.

was super muddy but managed to get my running shoes on without drudging through too much mud

get some quick-tie shoestrings

my normal pace is slow - about 11.5 minute miles, and i didn't feel like this one was slower than normal, but i guess it was. i didn't walk - i was able to run the whole way. everyone had slow run times, so perhaps it was the heat and humidity. i got chills around mile 5 and couldn't figure out why. i thought i might be getting sick.. but then a girl next to me said she had chills around mile 5.5.. said it was from the crowd. i was so happy to have a reason for my chills!!

will work on run speed in the off-season.

walked for a long time


heat, humidity, waves in the lake, running speed (or lack thereof!)


this was my first oly distance and it was great. i am in love with triathlon!!