Tempe International Triathlon - Olympic Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

I did ok on the swim overall. I didn't really start getting tired until the last 300 meters or so. I some diffculty with the breathing and the navigation. The poor navigation probably cost me a 100 meters or so.

Swim faster would be the most obvious. I need to work on speed, which is probably a result of my form.

I had a better transition than the last tri, but it still needs some work.

Make sure I know exactly what I am going to do at during the transition and practice them during brick workouts

I had a good ride overall. A pretty fast pace for me. I noticed that I would get past on the hills by the same people I would past on the down hill or flats.

i could use some more work on hills. Losing a few lbs would also help.

Again, better time than my last tri. It needs to be faster though. I got some cramps again while attempting to put on my shoes. I think I am starting my nutrition too late or I need to work on building my lactate threshold. Probably a little bit of both. I don't ride that fast typically. I seem to have this need to just pass everybody I can. Works out for my time, but not the cramps.

Not have cramps......

I was ok, and I say that hesitantly, the first three miles. Somewhere in the third mile I just plain ran out of gas and was feeling extremely hot. It was not a good situation to be in. I ended up walking...running...walking.. .running. Yep....It sucked! I was pretty disgusted with myself. In addition, i intentionlly did not bring anything on the run, because I thought they would have gatorade. Big mistake. No assumptions for next time. I aslo didn't expect it to be so hot or the heat to affect me like that. I should have ran 8 min. miles.

Hydrate plenty before I hit the run.

A lot of lines to wait in. Had to wait to register...wait to get food and drinks at the end, which I didn't get. Instead I waited to get into the transition area as they let one to two people in at a time to get to my drinks and food. There was no real direction for parking.