Fresh Ideas Octomax Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Since this was my first open-water swim, I just tried to stay calm, keep my breathing under control, and finish. The first leg was crowded, but since I stayed off the front it was not very aggressive. As we rounded the first buoy we got bunched up but people poked their head out of the water and were saying "good luck" and "nice day for a swim" - so cute! I ended up seriously favoring my right side for breathing and sighting but due to my "stay calm and finish" attitude for this leg I was satisfied.

Need to me more aggressive in finding and catching someone's feet to draft.

T1 included a HUGE hill that we had to run up in bare feet - good way to get blood to the legs I suppose! Wetsuit came off fine thanks to Triglide

Improve mechanics. Work on the flying bike mount.

Very hilly! I was worried about the first hill so started in my granny gear upfront - mistake! I am more comfortable riding in my middle ring and then shifting as needed so next time I will start there. The hills right away made it difficult to get into a good cadence and I forgot how to climb effectively (until the last hill, of course). However I was happy with my overall mph (pr!) and pacing.

Start in middle chain-ring upfront. Work on using entire leg to climb. Break race into chunks to maintain mental focus.

Fairly standard T2.

New visor.

GREAT mile 1. Hit the marker at 7 minutes even and felt good. Disastrous mile 2 - I am a good hill runner, but used them as an excuse to take it easy. Average mile 3 - coming off the slow middle I continued to let myself take it easy. This was all evidenced in the long finish chute where I sprinted the entire thing - way too much energy left over!

Better mental focus after mile 1.

Stretched and ran another 3mile loop as a pacer for my friend finishing the Quartermax.


Mental Mental Mental! Even though these are sprint distance races, I have a hard time maintaining focus for an entire leg. Especially on the bike and run, I tend to start enjoying myself (and the location) and just flat out forget about being in a race. Need to work on breaking the race into segments/chunks and developing goals for each leg.


Ultramax did a great job as usual. The post-race nacho bar was incredible! Delicious!