Midwest Meltdown Triathlon - Long Course - TriathlonOlympic

Decent swim for me. I've only averaged two swim workouts a week for the last few months. Didn't stray too far off the bouy line this time, had a lot of traffic on second lap from 1st long course wave and one of the sprint waves.

Not much. Just need to swim faster, need more time in the pool and some instruction, I'm sure my stroke needs some work.

A quick transition for me. Fumbled with getting bike shoes on other than that, pretty smooth.

Nothing. Had good transition spot, just need to be better at getting shoes on.

An O.K. bike ride for me. I thought my pace would be better than last weeks race due to the lack of hills on this one. Didn't feel as good as last week, not sure why. Might be because I didn't ride at all this week. There was a little headwind in a couple of spots. Shifting could ahve been better, especially right after the dip/small hill.

Ride at least once during the week prior.

Had a nice transition spot near the bike return. Had trouble getting the tire into the slot, cost 5-10 seconds.

Not sure.

Legs felt tight, slight cramping sensation after a couple hundred yards, ate a gel shortly there after to get some electrolytes in there. Seemed to work in the long run. Paced myself, got passed after about 200 yards wasn't going to stay with him. The kid at the 2nd water station was saying "keep going" when I was on the bike, said the same thing on the run. My daughter was working the last aid station so was able to say hello a few times on the bike and on the run. Was able to pick it up a little over the last mile.

Not much, I ran to my current ability. Last year in the Sprint I ran 7:20 pace so 7:28 seems reasonable.

Grabbed a pepsi and a banana. Walked over to my transition spot thinking I had packed my chocolate milk but realized I left it at home. Saw Brandon and chit-chatted for a while. He had a good race, much improved from last year.

Eric had a mechanical failure on the bike and barely missed the cut-off time, bummer. But the Pink bike made a showing. I had to wait around for a while because my daughter was at the last aid station. Eventually the truck loaded with tables and trash bags shows up with her on board.


Just overall fitness. I still don't have the training volume and intensity required to win a race so 9th overall is quite alright.


The nice thing about this race is that it's multiple lap course. Spectators can see the racers many times during the event. The course is simple so there's little chance of making wrong turns on the course.

My daughter really enjoyed volunteering and asked when the next race was :)