Carpinteria Triathlon - Olympic Course - TriathlonOlympic

Started out in middle of wave. And got barreled over by everyone it seemed. Stayed with it pretty well. Got kicked in face, laughed. Was in a good state of mind. First buoy turn north and started to spread out some. Had good rhythm, sighting mostly off swimmers, then once in a while forward. Started passing people about 500m but just kept rhythm. Felt great after turnaround. Noticed I was passing people in Wave ahead of us (by color of swim caps) but they didn't look like they were having fun so not too full of myself. Yelled a hello on a breath to a cute lifeguard on her board just as I turned for home. Swam until I touched bottom with my hand but wave came in and it got deep real quick. Pushed forward then High-Kneed to sand and in to finish. Great experience

I would probably start out to the side more. Keep swim cap on longer for picture. Going bald :(
Seriously though, not much different, I really stayed within myself, didn't try to do too much or get frazzled by contact and craziness of start. Very happy with swim.

OK transition. Swam without a shirt so had to put one on. Decided not to go with windbreaker. Forgot race belt, didn't need sunglasses with the mist and overcast.

Wear Tri shirt during swim. I would put race belt on. Not wear sunglasses unless it is sunny. Maybe practice running jump on start with cleats in pedals.

Well I felt like my brakes were rubbing. That's how slow I felt, WAS. Then approaching first and toughest hill at 12 mile marker, bike would not go into small ring. started climb and kept trying to downshift, then click, click lock spin, dropped my chain. Got off and it was wedged in. Took me a bit to settle nerves, figure out what I was doing since this has never happened to me before and I know nothing about bikes. But I figured it out. Trouble getting any momentum to start because of steep incline where i stopped. Made it over. then a guy with a flat asked as I went by if I had a CO2 cartridge. I had an extra. After contemplating for a few spins, I turned back around and got one out of saddlebag for him. Can't take too much credit, probably wouldn't have stopped if chain hadn't already fallen off. But I felt good about it later. What the hell. Made it over hill 2 and easy ride from there. Got stopped by train which was fine because time is credited and got a little rest. Pulled up to dismount line, got off and ran to stall.

I need Garmin device to monitor effort on bike. HR Monitor doesn't do it for me. Training is in need of overhaul on bike. I would also get bike tuned before race. I knew chain was loose but am getting new bike so didn't want to put money into this one. I kept a pretty good attitude so I was happy with that. May try cleat-less dismount with practice I could do it.

Remembered race belt but felt like i was forgetting something else so just stood there for i don't know how long. But long run to "Run Out" which was opposite of T1 so they even out for everyone, but I was kind of spaced out and definitely could have been faster.

Just get shoes, hat and go. Don't know what I was thinking.

I was happy with the run. I was stiff off the bike and never really totally loosened up but mentally stuck with it and it was tough. Felt slower than it was which is good I guess. Improved a minute per mile from 5K time so happy with running faster over twice the distance. Good training I think.

May drink a little more often early.

No real warm down just walked around.


My bike preparation, training and performance.


I love this little town. The people make the race and the people here were great. Course is challenging but not so hard that a beginner can't do it. I had a great time.