Blue Water Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

This was my first great lake swim, and it was kind of wavey, but I knew I'd be ok after my choppy swim Thursday. I drafted for the first time for about 1.25 of the 2 loops. That worked out really well for me! The gal I drafted was first in the swim for females and second overall female! I picked the right feet to follow!

I sure wish I hadn't gotten dropped on the buoy turnaround by the fast swimmer I was drafting off of!!! Other than that, I thought considering the waves, I had a pretty good swim.

Well, not a very good transition...I hustled up to the mat, got told I was 5th female out of the water, then got stuck in the wetsuit! Chatted with my neighbor while struggling into my shoes and finally got rolling. I also didn't clip in very quickly.

I didn't do t1 practice with a wetsuit prior to this race. Should have done that, and probably would have done better.

This was a really good bike for me. My stupid computer wouldn't work, and the HR monitor wasn't registering much either(except on the hills) so I went mostly by RPE. I chased a 53 yr old guy for a while, but not so hard that I would be toast on the run. I knew there was a girl in my ag in front of me...I caught her on the hills and passed her (thank you Kensingon!)...but she came screaming up on me on her Cervelo in the .25 mile, but I beat her over the timing mat! :-) 1st overall for females on the bike. Yay!

Not much...I had a good ride, but had enough left to have a really good run.

Meh...another eh t2. My socks got stuck...it rained on the second half of the bike, and I was wet. My stomach muscles cramped again while I was bent over too. I finally got my shoes on and headed out!

I say this every time...maybe run with out socks! :-) I wish I didn't get the stomach cramps, but I figure thats cause my blood is in the legs at that point!

I had no idea what to expect out of my body...I'd done 25 miles at ILRA and Kensington and then after a break run 6.2 at ILRA with hills in an hour, so I knew I could finish. I think the cool temps and the knowledge that the course was flat helped me mentally. I just wanted to run as strong as I could, and I was happily surprised by my first mile time and the turnaround time. I was told by Juergon from BT and another fellow that I was 3rd female which was motivating, but I really just wanted to do my best. Of course, I kept my eyes peeled for the chick in my ag with the Cervelo...I didn't want her to come screaming up from behind again! :-) I saw her after the turnaround, told her she was doing a great job, and kept on trucking! Everyone was really encouraging to one another on the run, which was cool! I was sucking wind and gave it all I had once I hit the park!

Not much! I had a REALLY good run for me! My bum hurt and my legs were all jiggly when I was done! Sweet!

walked a bit, went to check my splits and found out I was registered for the sprint still...stretched while getting Greg the info he needed to get me corrected and into the oly catagory. It was raining quite a bit, and I went to the tent, got my recovery drink and hung out with the gang.


Faster transitions would have been good! I guess I could have gone harder on the swim or bike, but I'm sure it would have slowed the run down. I plan on working on my run over the winter to try and be a stronger runner come next season! :-)


I ended up placing 3rd Overall for females. When Greg told me my time, I was shocked...I had no idea what my time was on the bike cause the computer didn't work. I knew I'd had a good swim and run, but I didn't know about the bike. I was really happy with my effort, and final time!

This was a great first Oly course! Swimming in Lake Huron is a crap shoot (The whitecaps were big on the run! Thank goodness we missed that in the swim!), but the mostly flat bike and flat and pretty run were worth it!
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It was a great way to end my tri season. I'm sure there will be more oly's in my future!

It was so fun to race with Sue and George again, as well as the FAST girls and my captain Kimm! I had a great time once again!!! I love this sport!