Capitol View Triathlon - Olympic Course - TriathlonOlympic

Swim went well, started a little slow and picked it up over the swim. I was significantly faster this year, about 6 minutes faster over the same course than last year.

Push it a little harder earlier on.

Long run to my transition spot, but quick out once I was at my bike.

Bike started well, about 10 miles in I started to feel weak. I couldn't figure it out as my nutrition was on and it was still early in the day. Started to experience the first signs of GI distress. I would later figure out that I was suffering from some food poisoning, both myself and my son were affected by it. Unfortunately it would have an impact on the day.

I wanted to average 21 MPH and felt confident I could do this, but I was only able to maintain 20 MPH on the day. I was able to finish 16 seconds faster than last year:)

Not eat pulled pork the night before a race:)

Happy with this transition. Got off the bike and headed for the nearest port-o-john:)

First two minutes off the run were in the rest room. Obviously had an impact on my time. Feeling really spent by this point today's run was very challenging for me. I was hoping to around 46-48 minutes today, this was not in the cards. After about 4 miles into the run I felt a little better and was able to pick up the pace. In the first 4 miles I had to walk a few time to prevent a potentially ugly situation. I was really happy to see the finish line.

Not much else I could do today beyond survive the day.

Got some post race food and went to pick up my son for the kids race. This is when I learned that my other son was suffering from the what was ailing me all day. Best part of the day was participating in the kids event with my son. This made the day for me.


Good race, lots of support and good post race events.