Tri Indy - TriathlonOlympic

I went out too fast at the start and had to slow down after the first 200 meters or so. I was able to maintain a decent rhythm throughout and was able to use bilateral breathing as needed in crowds or when swimming next to someone else. I had no problems with any other swimmers kicking or slapping me at all and I only slapped a couple myself. This course was more opened than the last one since it was a TT start.
Although I beat my PR for a pace without a wetsuit I was kicking myself for not taking my wetsuit to the T area from my truck and by the time I knew the water temp. I could not have retrieved my suit and mad e the mile walk to the start.
The course was REALLY spectator friendly!!! My family was able to walk along side me and watch me the entire swim. My daughter (Laiken) was able to provide me with some really good coaching from the side by giving stroke signals. She could tell when my stroke was getting short and would give the the "long" signal and it helped tremendously. I was very pleased that they enjoyed the swim course too.

I will definitely take my wetsuit with me to the T area from now on! This caused me to lose as many as 15 places (at least) overall. I was incredibly disappointed I didn't have it!!!

I chose to put my race belt on in T1 for this race to help me with T2 time. I was standing up, bent at the waist putting my shoes on and started to get light headed so I ended up squatting to keep from falling over. No other issues.

Probably nothing. I think it went pretty decent. I want to eventually get to the point I can put my shoes on while riding.

I went out very hard from the start of this section. I was in need of some wind after the first couple of miles but I was able to get everything under control and muscle through. I didn't start my watch right at the start because I was going to focus on the race not on the watch, like I didn't do last time.
There was a crash while I was nearing the end of my first loop. I heard the ambulance that ended up taking the rider to the hospital. I hope he ended up okay. There several times that I was in a 3-4 wide group doing some passing that I didn't like but for the most part I felt like everyone rode safely.
My ride seemed to be long while I was out there but as I checked my watch I knew I was doing well but until the final results came in I had no idea I was going this hard.

Absolutely nothing! I think this was about as gooa ride as I could have expected. I think a smoother course may have benefited me more but it would have helped everyone else too. I am very happy.

Pretty good. This was consistent with my first triathlon time.

Nothing I can think of.

I was determined to get this thing going sooner than the last race. I would not allow myself to give in to my desire to slow down and take a break. I was going as hard as I could make myself go for the whole race. I was also able to muster up a little bit more energy at the end of the race to kick harder for the last .25 miles.
I took 1 gel during the run at the end of the first loop and kept the Gatorade coming. I think I was getting dehydrated from not having enough fluid on the bike so I decided to take additional Gatorade on the second loop by walking at the aid stations to get some long gulps of fluids. This also seemed to help me get a bit of a breather to get a good kick going for a while.
My right quad was starting to seize up during the second lop but I was able to hold it off by adding the fluids. After the race was over I had to ice my quad to get it to calm down some.

Maybe try to push a tad harder through the entire run. Overall I am satisfied with the run.

Walked and talked to the family and enjoyed their company. I also took a dip in the canal to help cool down some, I did some other stretching and laid with my feet up on the side of the wall to get some fluid draining out of my legs too.


Not sure anything did really.


I would like to have seen the bike course take some better roads.
More what I would like to have seen was the race results being posted sooner. If a small time race like the KPC in Kendallvile could have all the results posted on a computer as soon as each leg of a race was done surely a big organizer like tuxedo brothers could make some postings sooner than several hours later. I left the race site more than an hour after I finished the race and there were VERY limited results posted.