The Mayflower International Triathlon at Plymouth Rock - TriathlonOlympic

Pre-race announcement allowing to swim on either side of buoys. Stayed out left close to breakwall. Water temperature was warmer. Lots of seaweed.

Started out with a great rhythm, breathing excellent. Water was glass along breakwall, once past little chop but did not hinder. Once you turned right to head back towards shore it was much harder to sight. Got off course a little.

Overall excellent swim beat my goal time of 40 minutes.

Next time would have swam more central to avoid seaweed. Beat personal best training time by 15 seconds.

Swim exit was up a ladder onto a dock. Run approximately 1/4 mile (400 meters) to transition. Overall my transition was good. By the time I ran from water exit to bike legs and shoulder were loose. Feet clean. FORGOT TO PUT HELMET ON!!! Had to turn back at exit to get helmet. Otherwise felt good.

Food consumption consisted of Blocks. Great energy boost.

Helmet on bike seat for a reason. Put on before shoes!

Bike route start was terrible. Start out climbing right away. Police stopped traffic at first (only major intersection) intersection blocking road. Had to ride on sidewalk, two guys in front of me rode down left side of road. After that pretty much open back roads. Course was very hilly, no long extended climbs but lots of turns into hills. Hard to carry a lot of speed. Biking is my best event and was trying not to push it so I would have enough energy for the run (worst event). Overall I accomplished goals of finish with a decent time but not pushing and wearing myself out.

Course suited my bike skills perfectly. Above average hill climber. Would liked to have pushed it to drop time to 01:10:00.

I have not mastered running in bike shoes. Putting knee brace on took up too much time.

Practice running in bike shoes.

Personally I thought the run course was terrible. Not scenic, constantly changing surfaces, and the run through a construction site was not all that appealing.

Race website and pre-race information stated hammer gel would be available at all run aid stations. This was not the case. Next time plan on bringing my own gel for T2.

I exceeded my run expectations, time wise.

Only about 30 feet from finish line to fence. Not much space for cool down finish. Food tent directly to the right of finish line was crowded with racers sort of forcing a stand still. After grabbing a bagel and banana stretching over by transition.


Overall I exceeded my expectations. Original goal was to finish in a time of 03:30:00. Need to practice transitions more.


This was only my second triathlon overall and first at this distance. Overall I had an excellent race and completed all my goals. Obviously not much to compare with but overall enjoyed the race.