Greater Cleveland Triathlon - International Distance - TriathlonOlympic

with the start, felt a cramp in my calf starting as soon as I hit the water, didn't want that to happen, just focused on staying relaxed and navigating toward each buoy, it was one of the toughest and waviest swims I've done in a triathlon since it was also against the current, waves were 3 ft,

not much, focused on not using any energy in my legs and staying relaxed through the waves

As soon as I stood up, felt cramps starting in both calves which is a problem, therefore I walked a good ways out of the water, then started to shuffle through the sand, cramps stayed at bay

not sure if it was hydration or nutrition or if I tapered too much or did too much the week prior to cause the cramps, just one of those days

worried about cramps in calves getting worse, so focused on easy gears and high cadence, felt the start of a cramp on the steepest hill, but went away when I got to the top, felt better during the last half than the first half

not sure I should have gone much harder, I didn't really get passed by anyone, and was worried about cramps getting worse and dreading what would happen on the run given how my legs felt

Once I got off the bike and started to run in my bike shoes, my legs felt basically OK, cramps in calves didn't materialize, took my time in transition

not much

first mile felt good, was worried about legs cramping so I knew I wouldn't be able to run a goal pace of low 7's per mile, so I tried to stay relaxed, after about mile 2, my quads started to get tight and cramp pretty bad, so I started walking the water stations and gradually slowing down, they felt a little better, but hurt after every hill, and hurt pretty bad at the end

again, not sure the cause of the cramping, poor training race week, poor nutrition the night before (due to the party), but the run was disappointing, about 5 mins slower than my last race

walked about 100 yards and poured a bottle of water over my head


quad cramping during the run


A little disappointing due to leg cramping which hasn't happened to me in awhile, due to the competition, not sure I would have medaled even if I would have run my best race, overall, given the situation, glad I was able to salvage a decent outcome by going slower than normal on the run, swim was challenging due to waves/current, bike was challenging due to the hills,