Festival of Flowers Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Stroke felt terrible today and I was all over the place.

Continue to work on my stroke.

I has some serious leg cramps in both legs in T1 for the first time ever. That has never happened before. I popped some endurolytes to see if they would go away and luckily they helped a little.

Was going to take it easy on the bike and it started that way. Unfortunately after having everyone around me, that went out the window and I just rode my race. My legs hurt for the first six miles then they began to loosen up around mile 10. Overall, my pace was pretty good for an olympic.

I knew I was going to cramp again, so I took some time to pop some more endurolytes.

I tried to keep stride short knowing that if I tried to stretch it out a little, I would run the risk of my legs cramping even worse. Overall, I kept a pretty good pace. I took it just a little slower than normal because I was afraid of the heat. It was hot and sunny and that killed me last year. I didn't want a repeat performance. Legs cramped a little around mile 5 but I wouldn't let myself stop. I just pushed on through and finished strong up the hill.

Hung out under the water tent to cool down and waited for John to finish as he started in the wave after me. Turns out he had a 20 minute PR and missed the podium by 1 spot! Great performance by John. We grabbed a little food afterwards and took it easy.


Lack of sleep the night before and working 12-15 hour days for the 4 days prior to the race.


Everything was great with one exception and I think this a big no - no. Once John and I returned to transition to retrieve our bikes and other stuff, Setup had already taken down the barriers and there were no Setup staff members around. Everyone's bike and equipment were there for anybody to walk up and take. To me, that's unacceptable. I want to try to support Setup with all of their races, but I will not if this continues.