Hy-Vee Triathlon - 5150 U.S. Championship - TriathlonOlympic

Swim felt good. I had lots of trouble navigating. Goggles fogged up immediately. Almost stopped to fix, but pushed through with terrible sighting.

Defog goggles prior to swim start.

Huge transition area, one of the longest I've ever seen, muddy from rain the day before. Long run from swim out into T1. Was racked almost at the very end near the run out. Had a good 200 yard run with bike out of and into transition accounts for such a long T1 time.

Practice running in mud barefoot. Add long runs with bike.

Good course. Roadway blocked to auto traffic. Railroad crossings X4 covered with carpet helped, but still rough. Overall good course.

Nada

Pretty good. In to T2 with just a little Gatorade left in the bike bottle which I finished off prior to heading out on the run. No problems.

Legs and cardio felt great during run. Made me think I took it too easy on the bike. Probably should have run more aggressively on first half of run.

Run more aggressively on first half of run.

Water at finish line. Walked around venue waiting for wife to finish.


Not really knowing the course before hand. Should have been a little more aggressive. Trained on a lot of hills and this course was flat.


Very well organized from start to finish. Lots of schwagg at expo and in race packet. Good volunteer support too. Finish was kind of uneventful. Finisher's medal handed to me with not so much of a word. No finisher's photo, no direction to food, shuttles, or anything for that matter. Didn't know what to do except leave. Everything was great up until just after finishing.