Elkhart Lake Triathlon - Olympic Distance - TriathlonOlympic

This was pretty close to my time last year. Again, used my technique of barely swimming to keep my HR down and find my groove. It worked, went a good stretch without needing to stop, but when i looked at where i was going, I was waaaaay off course and swimming extra yardage. Got my act together and was in a good group and as I was passed by my swim coach. The dud is fast. I went well around the turnaround and then ran into some more traffic. There were two dudes who kinda boxed me in and I could not get around him. Wasn't necessarily fast than they were, but I couldn't find "my" space.

Better navigation. Swim more. :)

Probably the longest run into TI in history. Just too long and cumbersome. HR was high and I cramped in my left calf which cramped anytime I bent down to take off the wetsuit. Finally yanked it off and headed toward BIKE OUT, which was close to my transition area.

Not much, get the wetsuit off a little faster.

A little bit faster than last year, so I guess that is something to hang my hat on. Nothing really worth noting, I still need to loose the extra poundage to get faster. Hills were typical performance, but I did have one racer comment that he couldn't stay with me on the flats, so that made me feel good.

Ride more, eat less.

Probably my best transition ever. 45/197. Coming in, hopped off the bike and felt good right off the bat. Passed a fellow Clyde right at the end. Racked the bike and slipped the shooes on and I was off. Wife was cheering for me and had to run through the long transition area. Took a big glass of Gatorade right at the end.

Can't say much. Felt pretty good.

Oh my gosh where do I start? Remember that big glass of Gatorade? I got it coming the other way. So I am running out of transition and all of the employees who did the Sprint were right out at the end and they were all screaming. So what do I do? Start running faster than my body can allow. I ran about 1/4 mile and I had a very bad feeling...

Here comes the Gatorade! Yep, my first up chuck in a race. From that point on, I was pretty much toast. Elkhart's run course never gives you a chance to find your groove. There is so much up and down that I had a real tough time. Throughout the course, i had two other dry heeves and just didn't keep anything down. Walked the uphills and just plain stuggled.

Was disappointed that I didn't improve on this, i really felt I had done better withthe running, but the proof is in the race.

Run More, Run more, Run more, then do some more running.

Sulked around for a little bit. Stretched and ate a brat, which was a bad decision, but kept it down. Hung out at the Company tent and told stories and watched the others come in.


Lack of time for training, too many snooze bars, to much food in my face and the thought of being better than I am.

When I looked at last year's race, I just felt better. Overall, however, I was about the same on the swim thansition was a lot longer than last year, I improved on the bike, improved on T2 and it was all on the run. The run, the run, the run!

If I read this next year, DO NOT DRINK THE GATORADE. WATER AFTER THE BIKE ONLY!


Jeff Grady does a really nice job with this race. Tough course, great post event activities and really, organized. Just have to work on the Transition set-up.