Fort Ritchie Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Weird swim with the 50-yard run on the beach between the two laps. Finished 8th overall in the swim despite a time that wasn't that great. A lot of seaweed in two sections of the course.

A little trouble with shoes, but overall decent.

Very hard bike course. Couldn't take advantage of all the downhills in the first half because of a lot of sharp turns. The second half of the course was basically a long long long uphill with no breaks. ~1200 feet of climbing according to mapmyride. Went a little easier than usual on the bike to try and save legs for the run (so much for that plan).

Not bad.

Ahhh, the run, my achilles heel. Again terrible pain in the balls of my feet and toes about halfway through - I don't understand why this only happens in races and not in training. Tried loosening my shoes, which helped the first time but not the 2nd. Cramped up for a bit around mile 5. Did more walking than I really hoped to do. My pace was actually a hair faster than Columbia Celebration, so I guess I should take that as a positive.

Well run race. Was a bummer that they ran out of t-shirts though.

This was my first Olympic distance tri, so I guess I should just be happy about finishing. Still need a lot of work on the running though. Either that or take up Aqua Velo.