Blue Lake Olympic Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Bad swim when compared to others but I felt good about my ability to remain calm and remain in the crawl. It was a bit disheartening to be passed by other waves but not surprising. I tried a different wet-suit and felt better. I also did better with navigation.

Very long transition. From swim to bike was a long ways and out of the bike to the pavement was a long ways. I just didn't want to run too hard with the bike.

Felt good on the bike and the pace was comfortable. I didn't manage food well enough and dropped a bottle.

Be much more careful with the bottle, stand up and stretch occasionally. Try a different flavor or style of cliff bar, it was way to hard to eat swallow.

Good transition.

Would probably have switched to dry socks

Legs felt like lead for the first two miles. Feet were numb and it felt like my sock was rolled under my foot. If felt slow but I was pretty steady trying to keep legs from cramping. Could have gone faster but wanted to leave some in tank to be ready for the next race. It was a bit tough to determine distances during the first part of race because the signs were weird. I didn't get a good distance measurement for 3 miles.

Maybe switch socks. Speed up just a little and focus on positives.

Walk, smile, stretch.


Good race, good organization, nice volunteers. The post race giveaway was poorly done but the race was great.