Bonelli Olympic Distance Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Thought I was having a good swim all 'round, but you wouldn't know it from my time. Swim fitness is probably lacking...not enough training since Vineman, really.

Swimming through seaweed jungle just prior to 2nd buoy not my favorite tri swim moment.

Train more.

Took advice from someone who'd done this course before and--a la Vineman--ran with bike all the way up hill coming out of transition.

Not put on Garmin? Settings were screwed up, so it was nearly worthless to me today.

Hoped for faster time here, but--really--I just don't train enough hills. There's almost no stretch where you can really open up and cruise here (and where there was, there was a little bit of headwind).

On the plus side, really only 5 or 6 people passed me during the ride and I passed quite a few (many probably doing the sprint).

Train hills.

This is pretty typical for me.

Nothing really.

Good run for me...esp. on hilly course, mostly trails. Won my age group on the run by a full 2 1/2 minutes.

Nothing, really. Only one person passed me the whole run. This was my third fastest 10K time, open or tri.

Hung out with my wife and some friends who did a relay in the sprint distance. Packed up. Grabbed my 3rd place AG medal and boogied to another event.

Took 1st in AG in sprint at this race last year, so 2 for 2 on podium finishes in this event.


Under trained since returning from Africa in August. I was surprised at the podium finish, given that my time was almost 20 min. slower than my Oly PR


This is a friendly local event on a relatively challenging course (esp. given the number of first-timers). Amenities were slimmer this year than last...esp. lacking in food post-race (last year a Scout troop was selling burgers and hot dogs...this year only bananas, orange slices, and--I guess--PB&J).