Big Foot Triathlon - Olympic Distance - TriathlonOlympic

Good swim for me. They warned us about not cutting off the dogleg part of the course and they parked some of the boats there. Still, most of us swung way out, more to avoid traffic than to take the short cut. Swam for a while between 2 people that I could not shake. The once round the buoy, was by myself. Lake Geneva is really clear so on the way back, closer to shore, I was able to "sight" using the bottom. If it came up, I knew I was too close to shore and moved out.

I probably could have gone a bit faster and sighted better coming in, but overall, this is a good time for me.

It was a long run to T1 from swim out and then you had to loop all the way around the back side of transition. Getting better at these but I still tend to take too long.

Hustle?

Got up to speed right away and then up a little hill. Once we got away from Bigfoot, it was the typical rollers and sections of flat. Felt really good so I pushed it a bit. I knew it was downhill for the last couple of miles so I saved some back, especially since we seemed to be fighting a headwind for the first half of the course. Pretty soon, I knew the downhill would get me back to T2 quickly. Made sure I had my water and Infinite down for the run.

Nothing. Happy to average over 20 mph for this distance.

Much better than T1 but still a long way to my spot. Made sure I had everything and then stopped right before run out to drink down some Gatorade.

Hustle.

Kind of fell apart here. Not a great trail runner with my skinny little ankles. Found myself looking down at all the trip hazards, but in reality, I just did not have it today. Probably pushed the bike too hard at some point and my run training has sucked lately.

More bricks and get a couple of trail runs in.

Crossed the line and was thankful to be done. Happy with my time. Walked over to some shade with my goody bag and recovered. Didn't feel all that great, but eventually, worked up enough stamina to make it to the beer tent. Had a beer and felt better. Kissed my wife goodbye and packed up transition. Stopped at Taco Bell on the way home. Before I jumped in the shower, weighed myself. Down 6 pounds after eating and drinking.


Need to do better at drinking enough water and electrolytes and getting a bit more calories in my body. Not skip out on run training so much.


Good race and closer to my house than Pleasant Prairie, which is held the same day. Very popular with right around 1000 participants in both the sprint and oly.