Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon - Olympic Race - TriathlonOlympic

This was a 5K run since the event was turned into a duathlon.
It was a hot day so I took the first 5K pretty slow. I held an 8min mile pace. My GPS had the distance at 3.2 so I was a little slower than my planned 8' pace.

I was a little slower than normal in transitions. I had a pretty bad bike spot since I arrived late, plus I was getting blocked by tons of people.

Felt ok. I climbed the hills with a high cadence spin. I really pushed it on the downhills and flats.

Probably push it a little more on the climbs.

I forgot to pull my feet out of my shoes before I got to the dismount line so I was forced to unclip (mental error). I ended up running in my bike shoes.

Ride with feet on top of shoes going into T2.
Get a better bike position - especially in large races.

Very hot and humid. Lots of walkers. I walked for about 2mins.

Got blisters on my feet since I didn't bring socks. I typically don't use socks for anything 10k or under. Since this was a duathlon, I guess the extra running caused my blisters.

bring socks to every OLY race going forward just in case it turns into a duathlon.

I probably went out a little too fast with the heat. I slowed considerably the last few miles.

I had a hard time cooling down but the event organizers were great with distributing towels soaked in ice, as well as bags of ice. Drank plenty of water and sat under a tree for awhile.


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Philly Tri is always a fun event.