Honolulu Tinman Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

I started upfront this time. Tired of running into people. I think this helped I was able to use some speed early and was relatively swimming free for awhile.
My stroke wasn't very smooth in the beginning. I was focusing on the bottom and trying to navigate. My fingers weren't together and my arms were straighter under water. After I realized this I got my rhythm back and fixed my form. I hit the turn, swam over someone and was in the homestretch. BAM I plowed into this guy like he ran a red light. Totally stopped me. Got going again and BAM plowed into this older woman who was swimming towards the shore. I felt bad too, she had a look like I scared the crap out of her. Got out of the water and ran to T1.

Concentrate on good form at the start.

First time with clipless pedals. It was awesome. Used my gloves this time. Mainly for a face rag on the bike. decent distance from the water to T1.

Just speed up. Could have shaved some time off though. Kinda took my time. Run faster from the water to the transition area.

I wish I knew why I feel good on the ride but still suck.

I pushed pretty hard. A more expensive fancy shmancy bike might help too. I saw some chain rings that are a lot larger than mine. I still pass some of those billion dollar bikes though too. Having a large truck in front of me to block the wind.

Since this was my first time with clipless I was nervous. This rocked! I was like .. man did I forget something? Even changed my bib number too.

Nothing. Would like a 30 second T2 someday. Where do they sell those?

Long hill in the first third. I asked the HPD guy if he was the one who put the hill there. Took a long time to get my legs and pace. It was somewhat intentional. I wanted to make sure that I could pull through the last hill on the return and make sure that no one passed me at the finish.

I had no idea what my pace was. No markers on the course either. I still can't complain though.

Carrying around a 1lbs glass. Oh yeah some stretching too.


I wish I knew. Still gotta be genetics. Lack of superpower maybe?


Great course. Lots of volunteers. They were actually cheering the competitors instead of texting their friends like I have seen in some of the other races. This was one of the best organized races I have seen. Bike corral was a little confusing at first.