Lake Padden Triathlon - Competitive Division - TriathlonOlympic

Swim was good. I did a fairly good job of sighting on the finish after rounding the bouy but got a bit off track on the way out.

I wasn't dizzy getting out of the water though and had enough energy to jump up the ledge getting out of the water.

I didn't much care for the rocky bottom though.

Need to work on sighting during the initial scrum and not worry about swimming just a little harder.

hard a hard time getting the ratchets slipped in on the bike shoes

bike course seemed tough. As I crossed I-5 on the last bit of the course there was an ambulance picking up some poor rider off the pavement. I don't think that it was a racer just some poor soul who crashed going down the hill. iIn any case the hill heading up to 38th really took it out of me for some reason. I am usually very strong on the hills but had to sit down and granny gear it up the hill.

I was able to pass a lot of people and keep up with some obviously strong riders on for most of the course which was good.

more hydration and probably some food. I had brought two bottles and had intended to use both but only managed to get one bottle down.

lost my sun glasses make the last corner into the park after hitting bump.

I had the normal pain in my lower back and ended up with some stiff sore muscles in my shins which was unusual.

I was determined to run the whole way and not walk which I was able to do but was dissappointed in not being able to meet the goal of the 8 minute mile.

the people I passed on the bike passed me on the run. AGAIN argh!

run faster! duh

judging by the severe cramps that I had later that afternoon I was probably dehydrated and did not have enough focus on nutrition. I wasn't cramping during the course but was struggling to get water and electrolyte into my body.


I would have appreciated a water station at about mile 1.5 on the run. It takes a mile or so for me to recover from the bike and I can't get the water to stay down from the aid station 100yards out of T2.

Overall a good racing day. I would have like to have done better but considering the competition in my age group I don't think I did that bad. After all the guy who finished first at 1:33 (that's insane) was in my age group.

All I can say is that there are some crazy in shape people in Bellingham.