Capital of Texas Triathlon - Olympic Distance - TriathlonOlympic

Finished 4th in my wave. Top three got away from me early and lost them after we caught previous waves. For my first Olympic Tri I was pretty upset at myself for not finding a draft and that the swim was actually longer than 1500 M. I have amended my results.

Find a draft early. I need more work navigating open water.

Not my best T1. Wetsuit caught a little and it was frustrating. My goal was to have this one under 2:30. Lost a lot of my drink running the bike out due to my awesome aero water bottle.
After a couple failed atempts to get my feet in the shoes, I decided to wait to get to the bridge and slip them on.

Have a plan for taking off wetsuit.
Have a plan for when to slip into shoes.

Pleased with my overall pace, although I think I took the first two laps a little too hard. Started to fade towards the end. Went back and forth with top female last lap who put on a clinic on how to corner. Very impressive.

Corner a little faster and smarter. Spin up hills to save legs.

Started a little tricky when I thought I could stretch my legs with my feet out. Almost ate it coming into dismount. Fine after that. Got shoes on quick.

Stretch quickly before taking feet out.

Was most nervous about the run leg and not particulary pleased that it too was also longer than advertised. Got a horrible cramp just below sternum after two miles. Probably due to poor digestion of my two gels on the bike leg. Recovered after about mile 4 and pulled back competitors to finish strong.

Take water with gels instead of Cytomax. Hard to digest all that stuff with accelerated heart rate. Have been working on my run a lot though, so I am pleased with my performance.

Walked around and drank everything I could find. It was hot. Didn't feel like running a cool down or stretching.


Heat and extended course distance.


Bike leg is very crowded and dangerous. Had to ride left most of the time and sometimes pass right because people were all over. Very well organized, but only avg. rating due to unknown distances. How does that happen?