Silicon Valley Olympic Distance Triathlon & Pro Challenge - TriathlonOlympic

Water temp was perfect. Very murky. Warmed up and in the process smacked heads with some guy. I was 50% at fault but he got 100% of the damage. I hung with him till his contact went back in place. He was good to go after that. Not my best swim. Felt slow and sluggish for the 1st 500 with a lot of bumping. The extra buoys confused me a bit although I think I chose good lines. Finally got in a nice pace but couldn't make up the time.

Now that the weather is good I will do some open water training

T1 was fast and smooth. Did a step over mount instead of running mount. This worked really well

nothing this is as good as it gets

I'm curious if anyone ever worked the water station

I am getting more comfortable with my running at this race distance so I will push harder on the bike.

I was not ready to go sock less so putting on socks always cost me 20 seconds. For me it is still the right choice.

Choose a spot on the lake side

This was a very good run for me the additional run volume and speed training is paying off and there is still more speed to be had.Passed lost of people including one 30 something year old guy in the chute. This did not help my stats but, well, you know this is racing after all.

Nothing great run for me. Continue to work hard at volume and speed

Took a knee at the closest shade tent for 2-3 minutes. Drank water, Looked at the love of my life and #1 fan Gina,she asked if I was alright, I smiled the best I could and answered Great race.


I was 2 1/2 min. faster than my first oly race with a poor swim. This was just a bad swim day. Next time will be better.


The water was murky, The bike drink station was a ghost town, Don't let this sway your decision to do this race.