Lake Stevens Triathlon (Olympic) - TriathlonOlympic

OK -- a couple swells from some water ski boats, but a pretty calm course.

Other than getting one of those whiz-bang tempo deals, I don't know what else I can do other than keep practicing.

Lots of pavement between the water & the transition. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

Not much really -- I can't get into the whole no socks thing. I may buy a full tri-suit for next season (5 sec. savings) but I'd rather get the socks on right at T1 than mess around with them at T2.

I liked the course, but the roads had been slurry-sealed and were a bit rough. I rode on the smooth shoulders a couple times & my speed went up 1-2mph. I'm surprised & very happy with finishing 39th - I was expecting 50th or so with this group.

I think I paced this OK. I decided not to pursue the guys who pulled away in the last 5 miles so I could save my legs for the run. I'm happy with this decision, since I was really feeling the burn on the hill at about 2km on the run.

Not bad. I seem to be getting better at running with the bike shoes. Not up to leaving the shoes on the bike at this point - #1-they're boats (48) and tend to drag on the ground, #2 - I'm a klutz and would rather deal with the velcro & shoe situation after I rack the bike. Didn't get a time for this transition - sshhh - It happens

put my shoes on the right side of the bars so I don't have to walk around to get to them. bad planning.

Started out OK - remembered to keep the pace slow & get the muscles used to running. Felt the burn on the ascent around km 2 and pondered walking for a while (but the wife & kids were there, so sucked it up and kept going - thanks Bear!) grabbed water at the 2.5, 5 & 7.5km turnarounds. paused so I could actually drink it & continued on. MP3 player was allowed, so I used it. WOW - just got the split. Assume a 2min T2 time & this was a smokin' 10k for me. Couldn't be happier.

be younger -- I mean really, I kept moving and finished the race with almost no extra energy left. Damn near perfect for where I'm at.

got rid of the soaked shirt & scared little children & dogs with my white, dripping skin. Walked around & grabbed some grub & water. Bailed on the HEED 'cause it's just too sugary.


age & poor cycling skills. I've improved on the cycling - I actually rode most of the course as a training run from my house, with the caveat that I then had to ride back to my house which is near the top of 600ft high Seattle Hill.


I want to love it because it's so close to home. I gave it a 4 because parking wasn't as bad as I thought it might be, the swim course was average (a yellow buoy AND a yellow canoe in the same general area, come on! - not to mention the difficult footing at the boat ramp at the end) the bike course was OK - road conditions can't be blamed on the organizers, the run was good. The water at the finish, not so good. 3 containers of HEED (too sugary) and 1 of water. There were times when we had to wait for water to be brought & then they ran out of water cups and had to find a new supply. Probably normal, but I'm a newb and the few races I've been to that had plenty of water bottles at the finish didn't have this problem. After reading others' comments, revised down to a '3' - this is only my 4th tri, so my experience seems to be with marginal events - I hope to race more well-organized events next year.