Omaha Triathlon - Olympic Course - Triathlon

Considering I did a 500m swim in a tri last month in 12 minutes, I'm happy with my swim but considering I'm averaging ~ 1:35/100 yds in the pool on long sets, I'm pretty disappointed in my OWS. I always freak out and think I'm trying too hard and need to hold back. Guess I need to find that happy medium.

Swim faster. It was pretty rough at first. Really congested at first. I wanted to quit the first 200m. No wet suit had me worried. After 500m though, things cleared out and I got my form corrected and went on my way.

Pretty slow transition. I washed my feet off but considering it was in a grass field, that was probably not needed as I had no sand on me at all.

Skip the feet washing things and just put shoes on.

Decent bike. I was hoping for higher power numbers but doing 21.5mph on that course was pretty good. I average over 23 at the Boulder Half and this was way way harder, even with normal elevation.

There was 2 or 3 places where I burned a match when I didn't need to. I was just trying to pass someone who wouldn't let me pass (kept speeding up as I was by him...) but I didn't want to draft off him so I burned a match to pass him.

Don't know why this took so long. Wasted a few seconds getting race belt on. Could have put this on while running for sure.

Put race belt on while running.

This is where I broke down. Running is supposed to be my sport that I excel at but not today. I walked 5 times during this run. I was hoping for low 40's but it didn't happen. I did not have a nice controlled form. I had the feet slapping/uncontrolled legs thing going on. I could tell I was tried. I'd say I overdid the bike but the power numbers say otherwise. Hard course and lower than expected run fitness got to me.

Don't walk. Do a workout the day before the race. This helps out a ton but I never got around to it since I woke up late and was running errands all day.

Walked around a lot and drank some water. Stood out in the sun for over 2 hours waiting for awards. Eeeks...


Poor training recently and lack of run endurance.


Good race. Actually had a little podium for everyone to stand on. Was pretty neat to get my picture on the #1 spot for my age group. Was ecstatic about that! I just wish awards were sooner after the race. I didn't get home until 1pm for a 6:45am race. The course was hard but good mental toughness builder. Will be doing again next year for sure!