The Nation's Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Poor start. We got in the water and the gun went off before I got into position. The first few hundred yards I started to panic, don't know why but I started having doubts about even finishing the swim. All bad thoughts were coming into my head - my wetsuit is too tight, I can't swim this far, etc. I had to stop and breast stroke about 5 times before feeling more comfortable. I felt like a beginner out there. I finally talked myself out of being such a wimp. Once I got going the swim was fine. Wandered off line a couple of times due to the lack of buoys on the return trip from the bridge.

Don't be such a wimp.

Left leg cramped up coming out of the water. Had trouble getting my wetsuit off my right foot.

More Pam on my legs.

Great bike. I felt really strong considering my lack of training the last few weeks. A few congested areas but it wasn't as bad as I expected. A couple of people swerved in front of me. I caught up to Sharon (I thought) at about mile 4 and said "Hey cutie". It wasn't her though!! My family was at mile 10/20 cheering for me so that was a big boost.

Make sure it is Sharon before saying Hi Cutie.

As I was getting off my bike some guy pulled up right next to me and my leg hit him as I was dismounting. I almost fell and my shoe fell off my bike. As I was coming over the curb I dropped the shoe and almost fell. The guy didn't even apologize. He did help me pick up my shoe but I would have appreciated some space.

Nothing.

Kept up a steady pace and felt pretty good. My goal was 10 min per mile and I did around 9:29 so I was happy.

Nothing.

None. My family was at the end so we stood around talking.


Training the past few weeks.


Too many people for this course. They need to spread out the waves to keep the bike course less crowded. PBJ's aren't good post race food. I didn't see much else. I think they could have done better. Last year they had pizza and subs. This year basically nothing.