Tugaloo Olympic Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Good swim. Swallowed a lot of lake water for some reason. Not big gulps, just a swallow here and there. I was faster on this swim than I anticipated.

I like this swim course a lot. It just has a good flow to it. Would do nothing different except the usual. Swim more in training.

Average T1. I had a pretty neutral spot in Transition, so that was a bonus.

Start bike with shoes on bike.

I was not happy with my bike at all. I was not mentally racing. For some reason I had this idea that I should hold back a little. In hindsight, that idea was all wrong. I had to base to push much harder and still get a strong run in. So I rate this as poor. I took my feet out of my shoes about a mile out, and that worked out great. I hope to do that in all future races. I dropped my chain and lost ~30 seconds overall.

umm.. race?

excellent T2. Can squeeze some seconds out of it, but overall, satisfied.

revist the whole putting on socks for the run thing. Maybe get some tri specific running shoes with a liner. Without socks I'm in the 30's for this T and definitely one of the fastest.

I love this run course. It is hard on a lot of people, but my Tuesday night training gives me a decided advantage. I can run it faster. After all, I am not in 'race' shape. My last race of any kind was in Mid July.

get back to 43

water, rest, root.


Not in 'race' shape. Lack of speed work, and maybe being sick a week back.


Excellent race. Great shout out to Henry Forrest at the beginning by the race director. Tugaloo was his last race attended last year. I will be back, but not next year.. I'll be in Madison.