Lake Meridian Triathlon - Olympic - TriathlonOlympic

Really bad visibility, a lot of fog on the lake and it was super hard to spot bouy's, had to stop a few times and make sure I was going the right way, sighting was really hard

Get goggles that don't fog

Forgot to un-velcrow my straps on my bike shoes... So I was a little surprised when I jumped on the bike to say the least. My shot blocks (200 calories) fell off in transition and I didn't notice until I was on the road. Good thing I had 1 gel pack or my day might have been different. 2ND fastest transition overall

Tape my food better

All in all, I felt good out there, my legs didn't cramp, I kept a strong cadence and didn't have too many people pass me. It was a good course and I felt good the whole time.

I used rubber bands on my heels to keep my shoes on and they didn't break, I might use weaker ones in the future.

almost fell on the dismount, braking and jumping off is difficult, slow down earlier

Slow down better

I started the run great, no cramps no stomach problems. I knew I would have to eat on the run, not my usual deal but since I dropped my shot blocks I had to put some calories down. Got a few gel packs and made sure to ingest them before water stations, fueled up and was good to go with 1 1/2 gel shots on the run. I passed a fellow age grouper at mile 3 and he never caught me, looking back on the splits he ran faster than be but died at the end. Good race technique holding off until the last 3 miles to pick up the pace.

Get tri running shoes, race shoes that I have now can't be worn sockless and they give me blisters. Bummer, wasted money on new "race" shoes

walked around a bit and made sure to hydrate and intake lots of calories


1, dropping shot blocks, 2, bike shoes need to be open, 3 running shoes being comfortable might help


They had a problem with the timing system and didn't get to give all the people their awards. I was a little bummed because I wanted to place in my age group so much and I thought I did, now I see I came in 3rd in my age group behind the #1 and #2 overall winners. Not bad company