Toyota U.S. Open Triathlon Olympic - TriathlonOlympic

My poorest swim ever in Olympic distance, the lack of training in the water from concentrating so much on the bike has done me wrong. Three and a half minutes below my normal time.

Train? No brainer.

A good t1, nothing went wrong at all.

Nothing.

Ok, I left t1 with a feeling of deja vu, four weeks before I did the Prairieman Half Iron in the same Lake and it was raining too. Three miles into the dam, I had a freaking flat on my front tire. I stopped and I thought there goes my dream of a PR. Fixed it, found nothing on the tire and kept on going, hammering a little to make up. The course turned a hilly one by mile 7, a long hard climb that left me pretty tired, after that it was alright I guess. Turning from Westmoreland onto Fort Worth Ave. I realized I had another flat, same tire. I decided to go forth and keep on pedaling (it would take me longer to change the tire than the time lost for going too slow). At this time I was frustrated and even thought about dropping out but I never did that, and I sucked it up.

Be a little luckier.

Spectacularly good t2.

Absolutely nothing.

I tried to make up for the previous fiasco with a good run and by God I did. My legs were busted from hammering on the bike but I still ran my butt off. I was never passed by anybody in my AG while running. Of course, nobody had the issues I did on the bike. My second best 10k ever.

Nothing.

As cold as it was, I didn't last too long in the place. My wife barely made it to the finish line because she left the house late but I'm glad she was there.


A super poor swim and mechanical issues.


With the bad weather and the issues, it is definately a race to forget.