San Diego International Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

I got out onto the bike course, and had trouble getting my stupid feet into my bike shoes...

Practice, practice, practice with transitions, especially dropping my feet into my already clipped in bike shoes

I cramped up in my left calf and had to slow down for several minutes to get back on track. The cramp cleared, and I was fine for the remainder of the bike segment. This cost me time for sure.

More salt, more fluids on the bike

When I got to the spot to put on my running shoes, BOTH calf muscles locked up. This caused me to have to wait and rub them out. Also, the Quick laces I was using for my shoes are going to be HISTORY. I am going back to YANKTZ....I had to stop twice to get my shoes tight enough on my feet.

Stretch my calf muscles on the last mile of the bike to get them loose before T2

It took me a mile to get into a decent rhythem. After that, I was fine. Unfortunetely, there was no gatorade on the run, just water. I didn't remember that being the case last year.

I had a very sore throat (and still do), which I attribute to last Thursday nights ocean swim. I was not at 100% physically. I also didn't have my nemesis "Johnnie Cooper" racing, and of coarse, that would have pushed me to go harder.


Not sure I will do this race again. It is a challenging bike course, but the run is sort of lame (not a closed course). I was 13th in my AG last year, and moved up to 10th this year. I am the Senior Citizen now in the 45-49 AG (I will be 50 in August). I am looking forward to "aging up"!!