Lake George Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

This was a great swim course. It was my first time in an olympic and the distance seemed long, but I covered it quickly. It took about 400m to get into a nice rythim, but once I got it I was moving well. Not to much trouble passing people from earlier waves.

Maybe warm up a little more. If I can catch my smooth pace sooner, I would have a better time.

Transition was good. Shoes were a little tough to get into, but that is what you get with regular cycling shoes. Socks got a little stuck, but my rank for transition time was 3/67 and I don't think it gets much faster than that for me.

Run a little faster into transition.

Here is what I came away with. There are a lot of great cyclist up there. I had a good ride, but got beat by many strong riders. Leg strength is a big target for me this off season. My climbing was weak.

I would hammer on the decents. I brought about 40oz of liquid which was about right (cytomax and water). I ate two power chews. probably need more liquid calories next time.

I ran past my rack and spent several seconds looking for it. Should have had the yellow towel i normaly bring. I also rode slow to get to the dismount line. That was probably not necessary.

Once i found the spot transition was good. Nothing different. 13/67.

Once again my weakness showed through. Although, I felt good about keeping under 50 min. I was slow for the first mile and made an effort to regain my legs. Once I felt better i picked it up. I thoght I might get a negative split going, but that would not happen. i did loose some time when I saw Aiden running down the sideline to catch me. I encouraged him to catch me and we had fun. It cost me about a minute, but it was worth it.

Eat more calories on bike and not be afraid to blow up. Keep the negative split goal.

Not much. Keep from dying. I did drink chocolate milk and moved around, to aid in my recovery knowing i had another olympic 8 days later.


More calories on bike. Fear of blowing up before race was done.


I have done 4 races. This was by far the best. It helped that the day was perfect. There were so many mashalls and police that there is no way you could go wrong on the courses. The transition area was good and the food at the end was great (chocolate milk! great). I will try to make it back next year.