Turtle Crawl Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

That took a hell of a lot longer than I was anticipating based upon times from previous years. The water was rough and the bouys were so far apart that it was very difficult to sight. I definitely did not swim in a straight line because I had to swim back out to round the last bouy. I did not enjoy being manhandled by the ocean. My calf and foot started tightening up towards the end. This time includes a quick turnaround to grab my goggles (which slipped out as I was running out of the water), running up the sand, and stripping off my wetsuit while standing under the beach shower.

Swim in a straight line.

I was in the worst spot in transition. At the very end of the last row that was opposite the bike out/in. I had a long way to run with the bike.

I would have loved to have been in a different spot but that wasn't a choice of mine.

Can't say I really felt a tailwind but I definitely was feeling the headwind. I was hanging out near the bottom of Zone 4. I could have picked it up some but my calf was bothering me enough that I didn't want to push it.

Kept it closer to the top of Zone 4.

Again. My rack position hurt me here. That was really it.

I felt good. I was thrilled when I looked down at my pace at one point and saw 9:00 min/mile. Granted, I figured out soon that I had a tailwind at that point but that definitely was a morale booster because I knew I was on pace to have a good time. This was my first race using a HRM and it was great to have because I probably would have slowed down if I saw I was going that pace and didn't having the HRM telling me my effort was within range. I was really hoping to go under an hour but was doubting how realistic that was in the days prior to the race. I would like to point out that this was my first time doing a 10K under race conditions.

Start pushing it a little earlier. I felt great at the end and never felt pukey so I think I could have left a little more on the course.

I walked around the expo and collected things like: a beer, a bagel with PB, a Mix 1. I made sure to keep moving for a while before I sat down.


The course conditions that day and the tight calf since I was cautious as to not push it to progress to a brutal cramp.


Took forever to get results because something was not working properly. Other than that, it was a great race. It was not ideal conditions for that race but everyone else had the same conditions.