Bikefactory Jamba Juice Lanikai Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

The RD said from the beginning that he made the course a little longer because of the current. I never noticed no current. Started out ok. Felt pretty good for most of the race. The first bouy was way to close to the start though. There was a serious bottle neck because so many people got there at once. Navigation was off a little, it was hard to tell the yellow turn bouy apart from all the yellow swim caps.

Swim more as usual. I'm just happy I was in the top 1/3 swimming.

Not a bad T1, got 4th in my AG. But it didn't feel smooth. Partly do to the new aero helmet I was trying out for the first time. Also tried to rubberband my shoes up, I won't be trying that again anytime soon.

Not use rubberbands and practice with the new helmet.

Pretty decent bike overall. I had a little trouble getting into the shoes due to the rubberbands and the speed bumps. I wish I could have attacked the hill a little stronger, but I still passed a bunch of people going up it. Got stuck behind a car going down the hill so I couldn't take full advantage of it. There were quit a few position fouls, which was surprising considering this was a USAT race. One guy decided to cut across lanes as he was cornering in front of me, I had to pass him on the right or we were both going down hard.

Not much, just need more time in the saddle.

Had a little trouble with the helmet again. It's just not conducive to a quick transition. Dropped my glasses and decided to leave them. A gust of wind knocked off my visor as I was leaving so I had to go back for it.

As soon as I started running I developed a side stitch on my right side. I couldn't seem to shake it so I just gutted it out thru the whole run. I still managed to pick off 3 guys in my age group.

The side stich cost me a bit I think.


Overall it was a pretty good race. There were a ton of smiling volunteers and everything ran pretty smooth. I wish they had swept the bike path that we had to run on before the bike mount though. I have a nice bruise on the ball of my foot from a rock or something.