Motor City Triathlon - Olympic Distance - TriathlonOlympic

The swim was good and bad. The good was that I felt strong throughout, even at the end (good implications for my HIM swim in 5 weeks). The bad is that I was WAY off course most of the swim after the first turn bouy. Between the current and just not being able to see the next bouy well I think I probably ended up swimming 100-200 meters extra (at least it felt like I did). Everyone else seemed to be affected similarly. Overally, I'm pretty happy because in one sense it went about as bad as it could have (current, off course), but in another it went great because I just kept on chugging and felt great the whole time.

Sight better

I was a bit slow in the transition because of having to put everything into one bag. Actually got the bottom of my wetsuit off pretty quickly this time around. Still need to work on getting the top off quicker. I did the waterbottle to clean my feet off thing and that worked really well.

Be quicker.

Felt strong on the bike. Only got passed by people and caught a bunch of people. Right hamstring started hurting a bit on the last lap and a half. Also, drank nearly my whole 2nd water bottle on the last lap in preparation for the run. Bad idea.

Not sure. I was pretty happy with the bike.

Did the shoes off while biking thing. That went well, but almost fell over when I hopped off. Had a hard time finding my area, but most of that was because of the random bike racked above my stuff that akagan mentioned in his race report.

Be more careful getting off of the bike.

Started off in pain. Bad side stitch, upset stomach (too much water on last lap of bike), and pretty bad hamstring twinge. Twinge went away about a mile in, and the side stitch eased up about 2 miles in. I was really annoyed that they didn't have mile markers but whatever. I managed to pass people the whole way and not get passed myself. One of the perks of being a slow swimmer. Overall it felt pretty good, although I think I could have gone faster if I hadn't had the sidestitch and hamstring pain. Lastly, wish I would have known it was a 6.5 mile run beforehand, but again, not really a big deal.

Not overload on water right before the run. Run harder.

Walking and some stretching.


The swim.


Only gripes were the lack of buoys on the swim and mile markers on the run. Other than that, the event was fantastic, and I will definitly be back next year.