USAT National Championships - TriathlonOlympic

I THOUGHT I was doing well on this swim...got pushed off course in the first few hundred meters by the current, and found my rythm rather quickly against the current. Passed a few folks in my ag, passed a few guys from the wave before, but the time pretty much sucked. Coach was getting a bit concerned that it took me so long to get out of the water...:(

just swim harder! It's an oly and I should have been swimming high tempo, but I sort of get into my "groove" and stay there, which will serve me well in IMFL, but wasn't too useful here. :) Next year, look out...!

Coach told me to go anarobic on the transition and recover on the bike. I tried to do this and it seemed to work. Long t1 run into and out of transition.

Didn't get in the shoes very well, but I think that time was included in the bike split.

Not much. Didn't really have to think so I didn't have the chance to screw up! :) Run faster I guess!

This was a tough course. The officials were buzzing around on motorcycles and it was challenging to stay out of the draft zone with so many people on the course. I hit a max speed of 28.1 on a long downhill! Really glad I didn't scrub speed there! I seriously need to work on the climbing skills for 2011...my year of hills/mountains!

Needed to push harder throughout. Olympic races hurt, and I didn't push as hard as I could have. My brain kept telling me we had to run up those b*tch hills in the heat. And I listened. :(

Meh transition. Took longer getting shoes and socks on than I would have liked.

keep working on the socks/shoes thing! :)

Holy Hotness Batman! FOCK! That was terrible! Not a great hill runner, not a great heat runner. Totally screwed! :) I walked the aid stations, and dumped water each one, walked on the super steep hill for a tad, and just kept moving. I knew at this point my race was pretty crappy, so I decided to save some for next Saturday. It took everything I had to not run to the RV and just crap out the 2 times I passed it. Knowing Tony had the keys was pretty much the only reason I didn't!

considering the super strong field, and my longer distance training this year, not much. It was sooooo hot, and I've got bigger fish to fry yet this season. Ithink backing off a tad was the right choice today.

got fluids, my race times and some chow. My whole posse was waiting for me (Tony squirted water...hot unfortunatly, from his bottle on me as I was running to the shoot! LOL) and it was great to have them all there to cheer me in!


the heat, training for IMFL which is flat, and my long distance prep this year.


What a GREAT experience! I got my butt handed to me by some amazing women in my AG today! It was soooo cool to be racing with many of the top AG athletes in the country! The vibe was amazing, the course a big challenge and racing with my teammates is always a blast! I'm so glad to have had this experience, even if it was my slowest oly race ever! :) Hopefully next year in Vermont, I'll fair a little better! :)