Tempe International Triathlon - Olympic Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Swam a lot better than my last race. Did drift to the left a few times but was much better at getting myself back on track.

Marking the swim as good because I swam consistently and better than before over a longer race distance than before.


Sighting still needs to get a lot better. I slow my swimming down when I sight. Maybe getting some antifogger for the goggles will help some too. Stopped and pulled my goggles down twice to double check where I was at.

Long run in transistion. My cap did not seem to want to come off, but because of how far away my bike was in the transition area, I was able to get it off. Stepped in another guys water bucket to get the sand off my feet. My feet were not dry enough though which made it a little harder to put my bike shoes on.

Forgot to layout GU. Did drink more GU2O.

Quickly dry my feet.

Biked strongly, but the Curry hill did get me a little partly due to bad shifting on one lap. Top speed 32.8mph

Ride more hills.

Hard to rack my bike. There just wasn't enough rack space and with my aero bottle I can't rack with the bull horn.

Felt my sore calves (from cramping during swimming on Thursday) for the first mile. Ran just over 8 minute pace for the first 4 1/2 miles, then finished strong enought to get down under 8 minute pace for the run.

More run training. The heel bruise that is now heeled caused me to miss run training and made the run feel a lot tougher. I think I can do that run at least 6 or 7 minutes faster when I am at my current best.

4 Guinness and a breakfast burrito. Then later easy 6 mile ride back home in the heat.


Lack of run training. Better sleep wouldn't hurt either.


Need more bike rack space. They marked it off for age groups and there was not nearly enough space for 30-34 men (the largest category).

Fun racing with more people that I know.