North East Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Water felt really warm after being in the rain all morning. I tried to increase my pace since I was only swimming the 750 rather than 1500, felt that I should have been quicker. last year I swam this in a little under 18 minutes...not sure why I was slower this year.

I need to work on techinque and breathing. Swimming is my weak point and as soon as I get tired I start sighting every other stroke to get larger breaths in.

I haven't upgraded to clipless pedals yet, so I put my running shoes on in T1 and jumped on the bike. Everything was soaked so it was tough to dry off and get shoes on.

Roads were wet but I didn't have any problems flying down the downhills. I had a little bit of trouble with some of the uphills due to lack of training.

I need to upgrade to clipless pedals and aero bars. I also need to work on hills more to build strength.

T2 is always quick for me since I do not have bike shoes, I only have to rack the bike and take off my helmet.

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I felt like I was going very slow on the run and had to walk through two of the water stations. I was surprised to see my finishing time under an hour. My run should have been closer to 8:30/mile but I think the heavy shoes and socks slowed me down. It also started pouring after the turn around all the way until the finish.

Train more, running is my strong point and I should be faster regardless of the conditions.

hung out in the pavilion for 15-20 minutes with family waiting for rain to slow down. Skipped post race food due to weather.


Weather was horrible and I could have trained harder.


I like this race (I did the sprint last year and olympic this year), but I couldn't agree more with other people about the cost. They either need to increase the post-race events/swag/pre-race expo or they need to lower the cost.