North Florida Olympic Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Just need to do more work on technique. Was not really tired, just very slow

Transition area was about 200 yds from lake with an uphill path on grass, which I walked. Transition was slower than I wanted because of putting on compression socks. They were helpful so I would do it again. I was not really hungry but decided to eat a cliff bar because I was not sure if I would bonk at this new distance....ultimately a mistake

I ride a rode bike so eventually I am sure that I will benefit from a tribike, however, overall I was happy with my ride. Still need lots of time in the saddle to build my motor.

Not eat a cliff bar after the swim....really started to come back on me as I took in fluid.

Not sure why I was so slow since I just had to put my running shoes on.

Need to practice all of those neat little triathlon moves like jumping off moving bike etc..

The run was a disaster, the heat and sloshing stomach did me in...walked more than I ran.

Not eat a cliff bar after the swim (my cliff bar comments should not be seen as a slam on the cliff bar but rather the fact that I did not need it)

Just need mrre quality training and learn from my mistakes


Despite my poor time, particularly in the run, I was happy with the race and feel that I am making good progress. This race, which only had a 100 or so racers, was full of a lot of very experienced and strong triathletes. There were not as many relative newbies (like myself) as compared to the other races (3), all sprints, that I have done. You certainly cannot "fake" it at this distance. Still I learned alot.

As far as the race organization it was pretty good although the post race activities were minimal. I guess I've been spoiled by the awesome post race activities from the Red Hills Tri....pretty hard standard to meet.