Rumpass in Bumpass International - TriathlonOlympic

Firstly 60F is not cold when you have a full wetsuit. I was worried about this before the race and it turned out to be a non issue. Wave start was fine, I started a little wide in the second row. Turned out the people in front of me were slow and so I had to get around them pretty early on. I had to stop to let water out of my goggles. Why is it that in thousands of yards of training I never once have a water in goggles issue, but 50 yards into a race and they are filled with water? First 500m was a little crowded but after that it thinned out and was a good swim.

Nothing really.

Quite a long run in shoes but it wasn't too bad.

Possibly get tri shoes so that I can run and mount and thereby save 30 seconds that is the difference between 5th and 3rd in age group.

Apparently I am not a very good cyclist. I felt strong. I felt comfortable and was in aero position almost all the time. It was a nice course and flatter than I am used to. Yet, people would catch up to me and cycle off into the distance. It is definitely an area that I need to improve on. It would start with me overcoming my aversion to the trainer. I also felt that I had not put enough liquids on my bike and had to sip sparingly.

Embrace the trainer on those long winter nights.

Felt good on the run and was able to pick off a lot of runners. I felt that a little more water on the course would have been good as it was starting to feel hot. Run was pleasant without any major hills and with the out and back loops I was able to see who was ahead of me and who was behind.

Nothing really.

60F is too cold to take a full plunge post race! Met up with Shannon and our three little ones. Negotiated the dispute between Leah and Ellen as to 1. who would get the race number and 2. who would get to wear the running belt.


A good event in the middle of nowhere. Brought together a lot of triathletes from a few major centers. Definitely a to be repeated experience. All the big things were well taken care of.