Rumpass in Bumpass International - TriathlonOlympic

5-min. warmup was not enough to prepare for the choppy first leg. Didn't feel like I got into any rhythm until the last leg going with the waves.

Other than get some lessons to get more speed, spend at least 10-15 minutes warmup swim (and pray for no wind).

(T1 time is estimate due to timing chip problems) Lost my cross pulling off my wetsuit, had to get on my hands and knees and look for it for 2 minutes (was able to estimate my time out of T1 based on seeing Fil). Feet got stuck in wetsuit.

REMOVE the Cross, practice getting the suit off

Pushed hard, but not too hard. Eased up a bit from Sprint pace on second lap to keep HR below 170.

Nothing.

Fiddled too much getting the shoes off, could have at least undone them on the bike.

Good grief. Went the wrong way from T2 onto the run course, missed the timing mat.

Learn to dismount bike w/o shoes. Learn which way I'm supposed to enter and exit T2

(Running time is estimate) First time I had NO CRAMPS! Stomach was fine (sips of water at each stop, dumped the rest on my head to cool off), no cramps in the legs. Legs totally spent by the end, the last few hills were murder.

Hill Work.

Walk around, stretch a little, Clif Bar, Hammer's Recoverite Citrus (ugh, try the chocolate next time). Glad I brought some post-race food: all they had was bad pasta.


Swim technique, limited foundation for run.


Another great Setup race, but the organization was off this time: slow registration, timing chip problems (was hoping to establish an accurate baseline for future OLY events), lame food.

Still, I'm psyched I've moved up to OLY Level!