Scenic Mountain Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

The start suprised everyone including me. I stayed to the outside for the most part, didn't come into contact with hardly anyone, probably increased my time, but the Chris West approach was not too bad, I didn't feel as clostrophobic. Overall, I was really happy with my time, I didn't feel that great, but I was consistent from beginning to end, I don't think I slowed down at all so I had a great pace. 13:05 last time, so pretty much the same, and I'm happy with that.

Not bad, I was out of practice with my wetsuit. My suit did get stuck on my heels, I had to sit down for a sec and get them out. Overall, I was not too bad. I took my shoes off the pedals, the running wasn't bad with shoes on, I don't know if I would have had too much improvement in time if I left the shoes on. You could pretty much mount whenever you wanted.

Course was really nice. I felt waaay better than I anticipated. I took the first hill down to the main road at about 53 mph, passed 3 or 4 guys right off the bat. Middle of the course was good, I felt like I reserved enough energy to really finish up good with the run. I avged 16.8 mph the last time I did the course, so 18+ mph is a significant improvement! New bike contributed maybe?? I passed more people than passed me and that's always a plus.

They take the bike, and it was on a down hill, so I almost didn't get my feet out in time, but recovered nicely and got off the bike pretty easily. The zoot shoes were great! On really fast and secured even faster.

I felt the best on the run, which again was a huge suprise. I paced myself very good and overall didn't drop that pace for the entirety. Again, I think I passed more people (5) than passed me (4). Some that passed me were on a team though. Felt great!

Didn't stretch as much as I should have. I was sore for 2 days! Bad stretching.


I was still around 6 lbs overweight. I think if I were lighter, I would have done a little better.


Great event, this is one where having someone with me would be great, I had to hitch a ride back to the start due to the different transition locations.