Kiawah Island Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Not real sure what happened on the swim. My sighting was terrible. Heard some people fussing about one of the bouys released and moving down the course which could explain a lot. About the time I reached the bouy they were hooking it to a jet ski and pulling it back the other way. Not sure what was wrong but if that's what it certainly would make me feel a lot better about my swim time. Also included in the swim time was a long run up the soft sand to the transition area.

Work on sighting and avoid any course malfunctions.

Took a little extra time to drink some extra water and had some trouble with the wetsuit.

Work on getting out of my wetsuit a little more smoothly.

Last few sprints I've come out a little too hard on the bike and didn't have much for the run. This was my first Oly, so I knew I needed to save a little for the run. Came out too slow the first 10 - 14 miles and picked it up the second half of the course. Going out everytime I got into an open area, it seemed like a strong headwind but after the turn around, the headwind was still there. Didn't seem to be too many braks out there today.

Maybe not hold back so much on the first half of the course.

Quite a few relays teams in my area so there were a few people still hanging around. Everyone was real nice and got out of the way as quickly as they realized they were in the way.

Could have saved a few seconds with no one in the way but it's not like I was competing for the podium, so no big deal.

The run has always been a huge struggle for me. I've actually never even ran 6.2 miles before today. My longest run before today was 5 miles. I was able to run the whole time with the exception of getting water. While my time was terrible it was actually kind of a mental thing for me to be able to do it with having to walk.

Speed up.

None. Pizza and a coke with my wife and 2 girls.


Still carrying too much weight. I need to drop another 20lbs to be able to start turning in some respectable times.


Tis was my first season of triathlons and today was my first Oly. It's been quite a change over the last year. I've lost 50lbs (although I've put about 10 back on in the last 2 months) and began to get physically active again. I've always been very athletic and generally in good physical shape until the last few years. I played football, baseball and basketball in high school and football in college. About half way through the run I began to get extremly frustrated because I knew that I was going to be BOP again and was getting passed by some very un-athletic looking people. (No offense to them, they were kicking my butt) Then I began to reflect back on my first season and I'm proud of how far I've come. One year ago, I would have thought that I would have been much more likely to have been laid up in the hospital with a heart attack today rather than finishing my first Oly tri. So I've still got a long way to go but I'm proud of how far I've come even if I was BOP today.