Giant Acorn International - TriathlonOlympic

Sun in the eyes on the middle leg. Overall swim was a vest improvement over previous races, was able to maintain proper freestyle form the whole race, slow though it may have been.

Get to the bathroom before

A little struggle getting wetsuit off, top was off before I got to the rack, but bottom took a bit to get off. Paced a few people on the way to the mount line though.

Dropped bottle at the start of the second lap, oops, no water after that. Was mixing it up with a bunch of Cervelos and an X-lab. Thought I was going to get busted for Drafting, but apparently the USAT official was a bit more forgiving than I though. They just closed on me as I was going up hill, and everybody was bunching up. Good ride over all... abominable cramp at the end of the 1st lap, but it worked out and I made up the time. Passed a P4.

Better equipment, so those Cervelos wouldn't keep passing me on the downhills.

Running shoes were a bit tight, so it took a bit to get them on. Socks were slow too.

Break in the new shoes a little bit more.

A lot of cramping on this, it sucked. Exposed run, rolling hills. Nothing ultimately very bad, but it all added up to suffer. Shoes weren't broken in, so I ended up with a couple blisters. Cramped for a while too.

Break Shoes In.

Walk around, pick up transition, drink some water. Pick up sun glasses.


Honestly, not being able to go to the bathroom, but thats a long story


The international course was a bit contrived, Especially on the run course. Doing 2 loops on the bike was okay, but not okay on the run, especially without a timing mat on the turn around, and in your face signage noting that it's a two lap course. Just kind of had to guess at some points.