Turtleman Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Non-wetsuit, time trial swim. With the squishy bottom you were basically pulling yourself along the bottom at the start. I felt I swam ok but I think the course was short of measured distance, I probably did not swim a 1:47 pace. Disappointed with my AG and overall placing.

I need to remember to pull strong the whole race.

We could bike in transition because there was a hill coming out of transition. My rack was right by the bike out/in so not much af an issue for me. I clipped left foot in and went up the hill and then clipped in right foot.

6th in AG +22

Flat course. Pretty smooth except for one short stretch. It seems my race cadence was higher than normal but I did not check recent races. I definitely felt comfortable in the mid 90 range. I went back and forth with #12 probably 5-6 times in the last half of the race. This was my fastest MPH in a race so far.

I did put on socks, a little slow on the right foot.

8th in AG +22

My T1 & T2 times are not as good my last few races as they have been. I was typically in top 3-4. I did make a point to not over rush at Chisago but still was not up to standards here.

I forgot the Garmin wrist band but was going to carry the Garmin and see if I could get pace. I had some issues with Garmin moving to run and due to issues with the buttons I just put it in my pocket. I really missed not seeing my pace. I felt I went pretty hard for the 1st 3 miles, backed off just a tad in mile 4 and then pushed mile 5.

After getting back from BWCA, I felt I had lost some fitness, especially on the run. I still felt I should have been able to go under a 7:00 pace on the run. Maybe if I knew I was a little off I could have pushed it a little more. I definitely prefer having the Garmin input.

Spray hose just past finish line. Grabbed food and drink and found Barb. I talked to all of the TriRochester folks I had seen pre-race - Andy B, Brian D, Kathy B, Bill K.


I really did not feel quite up to speed with my training post BWCA trip, another week would have helped. I had about 10 days and a slight taper. Not happy with swim place, happy with bike speed but would have liked a better place, ok run time but was hoping for sub 35. I was 4:23 from 5th place in AG so minor improvements would not have changed AG place. Top 3 in AG were 50 50 51 so I guess it's going to be harder as I get to back end of AG.


First time at Turtleman. I would do it again. Swim venue has almost always had issues from what I heard but at least this year the swim went from 1.5K to 1K so more in line with bike/run distances.