Toyota U.S. Open Triathlon Olympic - TriathlonOlympic

With the stroke change I decided I was going to go super easy. I didnt want to gas out and pop up to rest every 200. Kept an easy stoke most of the way. I veer right a little more this way. Got to the turn in bouy and thought wow this has been an easy swim. I wasnt breathing hard at all. Thought about hitting it hard on the way in but there was alot of traffic so just keep the same pace.

Get some endurance with new stroke before the race? I should have pushed it a little more as I wanted to break 30. Hey Todd ITS A RACE swim harder. Swim a little more before running. Muck was DEEP like mid shin deep.

Great 300 yard uphill run to T1.

Run a little harder.

Hilly course. I should have got a cassette with a 25 on it. 23 was a little much on 3 hills. Felt real good on the way out. Was at 20.1 at the half way. LT hammy was hurting on the way back. Not sure why. I know it really hurt a while back on a training ride but chalked it up to me accidentally moving my seat up. I thought I had it back just right. About 4 mi to go I got stopped at a light by the police. They were letting traffic go. I was stopped for 5:37. That would have gave me a 1:16:xx bike ~ 19.6. By the time were we let go there was a group of about 50 rides there. A few pretty grumpy folks. I liked the route but hopefully next year they can move things around on the bike course and so there are no stops.

I think I hit my goals just about right. Drink all my bottle - check, GU at MI 20 - check. I think I could have pushed harder to hit 20 but the run would have suffered. (worse than it did)

Felt pretty good here. Took 3 times to rack my bike for some reason.

Rack bike better.

I knew the start was going to be tough. 3/4 mi up a steep hill to start, a little relief then a 1/4 up hill. Got through that right where I wanted to be. Felt pretty decent. Then the wheels fell off about mi 3 I felt toast. Hit mi 3 at 30:33. I was getting light headed and a little dizzy. There were points I got chill bumps on my arms. Walked alot, tried to drink but the belly would have been too full. Did get stopped once but it was very short. I got about 1.5 mi left and ran the rest of the way in. There was a point where I couldnt squeezed my fingers to make fist like my forearms locked up. Really thought I could break 1 hour but it was a no go.

Iced towel, fluids and sat down. Needed to get teh head straight.


Being good


So day before and all week I ate great. I had 3 32 gatoraide low cals and 32 oz water the day before from noon. 66 ish of fluids day of. I did pee 5 times before the race. I do notice my hr before the race is high 105-110 the whole time. I had 24 oz of fluid on the bike and a small cup water at all aid stations. I cant fathom how I was dehydrated. After the race pee was super bright glowing yellow so I know I was. It wasnt hot and I really didnt feel sweaty or hot on the bike. I need to figure something out. I did have fun. I felt like crap the rest of the day. Got home took a hot shower and was cold laying on the couch.

On a high note I did PR my 2nd oly dist race lol. Beat last year by 4 min. So there is my little ray of sunshine.