Mighty Montauk - TriathlonOlympic

Water was cold but bearable. I am a slow swimmer. I think I will always be a slow swimmer. Still, I was OK with my time. There was a little more chop on the way back in. I think I went extra conservative on the first half because my last oly was a disaster as far as the swim went.

Push the swim a little harder. Try to learn how to draft better ( hard to do when you are one of the slowest in your wave).

It was a very long run up from swim to the transition area. Overall I was very pleased with my T1 time. I placed 209 overall. I do run with the bike in my bike shoes.

Nothing really.

I need to train more hills. That's all there is to it. I am undertrained as far as hills go. The course is a nice scenic route.

Train hills!

When I came back into transition I passed my rack and had to double back. Then, I was missing one running shoe- found it down the aisle in the middle of the aisle. Visor also missing- found that 2 spots over. So I was a little pissed that someone basically ransacked my area. That definitely affected my T2 time.

Nothing other than make sure I don't pass my rack

I struggled from about the 1 mile mark to the end. I had a side stitch that was relentless. Nothing I did could make it go away so the entire run was a mix of me doing a shuffle run/walk the whole way. I know I hydrated well leading up to the race, and during the bike. I think the stitch was more of a monthly cramp thing going on...

Work on run fitness

Found my friend and my sister, had some orange slices and water and headed back to hotel.


need more training time. Don't really have a good base built up since I was busy with personal stuff all winter, but am keeping at it since the spring and doing what I can.


Montauk is a great race venue. I would definitely consider doing this race again next year.