Traverse City Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Swim felt pretty good. I was worried about my left shoulder, it was showing some irritation in the previous swims. Second lap in the back leg, I felt bloated.

CRUCIAL I do not eat anything within two hours before.

Just slow. I was whipped after that swim.. the Mental of two laps did not sit well with me. Wetsuit issues. I am use to taking my suit off in the water. Timing chip strap was worthless and caught the suit.

Taking suit off in the water next time.

The start of the bike leg was a little rough. I was dealing with my last pbj in my stomach. I did not over hydrate on the bike leg with accelerade. I also only used one gel packet. I felt strong through the hills, passing people on hills builds my confidence. I was not passed and did a lot of passing. The three large hills were brutal, but fun. My 40K TT is at 1:02:50. I think had this been a flat course I would've nail under that. Overall Elevation gain was ~1194ft.

I need to build my mental up for when I am starting to slow. within the last 10 miles, I only had one person to pass, I think I was wanting someone to pass in the last 5 miles.

Continue to build with hills.

I didn't have my feet out of my shoes. totally forgot about it. I actually STOPPED my bike instead of jumping off and running. I went to grab my run belt and missed. several thing that could be corrected with more practice.

better transition training then going over it mentally.

after the bike leg, I didn't know if I was going to make it per say. I had a slight cramp. I pushed through it and kept my pace up and pushing myself. I wanted to feel the burn. I was passed twice, however I retook one of the passers. I also passed several people. I tried something new, taking a small small water bottle with some accelerade, this worked out great. I also only used a half of gel packet of accelerade.

MORE HIIT in off season.

Stretching.


slightly ate too much.


Great event for it's first year. I was overall pleased with the performance of a first time group putting this event together. On the bike leg, the corners were all swept. I will be taking this on next year and any future events by this group.