Rumpus in Bumpass International - TriathlonOlympic

Started front row, took off, feeling good. Swallowed a lot of water due to waves. Rounded first buoy ok, somehow kept going out wider and wider.

At one point it seemed like I was right next to the buoys then I seemed to be 200 yards away from them. Made the last big turn extremely wide. Pretty sure I swam close to 2000M

Not sure if it was current/waves/etc or my own stupidity for being so outside the line, but that probably cost me quite a bit of time here.

Long run out of transition to bike mount, not sure where this stopped/started

I thought I rode a pretty good race here. Passed lots and lots of people. Ended up yelling at a lot of people out there. Not sure why so many felt they should be riding in the left hand side of the lane.

Slightly disapointed in my avg watts here I thought I would be a bit higher. Not sure where exactly the bike timing started, there was a very long run up a muddy hill to the bike mount, that might have eaten into the time/watts.

TSS: 105
IF: .98
NP: 228
AP: 214

Ride harder I guess

when I jumped off my bike my feet were completely numb. Actually running through the ankle high mud helped warm them up a bit before putting my shoes on. Took some time to wipe the heavy mud off my feet before putting my running shoes on.

Not race when it's raining.

I thought I actually did a pretty good run off the bike for me. Usually my run's stink. This one wasn't great but better than most. One section of the run went through a trail that was extremely slippery, maybe 1/4 mile of it. Was worried I was going to pull something or fall face first in the mud.

Run harder

Finished then saw Sam and Chloe, we picked up a nasty pizza and I ate it and drank some water. Picked up stuff and headed home.


I have been focusing more on bike racing this year and not as much on tri's but this was still my best time in an oly by over 9 minutes so that's a good thing. Even if I swam my best it wouldn't have put me on the podium here so all and all a good effort all around.


Pretty good race for setup. Everything was well marked. Lots of volunteers and aid stations. That bit of the run through the woods in the mud probably needed to be re-routed this year due to rain. Also since i'm being picky I would rather have fruit after a race than a Poppa John's pizza I think.