Rev3 Quassy - Olympic Rev - TriathlonOlympic

Rained picked up but no lighting and water was the place to be. Started middle and about 6 rows back so right in the middle of the washing machine. Wadded in and got wet and proceeded to try and find a little space to swim in. Not a ton of contact but no where to go for a bit. Finally things spread out and I got some open water as I drifted inside. Took the first guide buoy on the left (which was legal)then go back to the right. Got in a nice easy rhythm and had plenty of hats to guide off and each time I looked up I was right on the buoys. Good steady swim. Not the fastest but didn't see too many from the wave behind blowing past me.

Started to the far inside and stay out of the mess at the start, and swim faster, never felt I was pushing it. Probably was because I was still not in the race mindset after my near miss.

Lost a few spots in my AG 37th to 40th but gain a spot OA to 234th. Had a easy to find rack and my new shoes and swiftwick sock slide on. Easy time with my wetsuit despite no trislide only stuck on my heels a bit as the rain actually helped in this case.

Good transition for me.

Did I mention it was still raining and quite hard. This is a tough enough course when conditions are dry but with the wet road and steady rain, I decided it was a day to dial it back a bit. Right off the bat I got hit with another issue, mounting my pedal get caught on something and it is my front bottle holder one screw missing and roted down, so me and a spectator had to figure out what to do so we pulled the holder off the other screw and he took it back to transition for me so I wasn't abandoning any gear.

Great what else could go wrong. Down to one bottle holder, which was OK for today, so I put it out of my head and rode. Started off nice and steady going up and around the lake. Started moving forward steady and got the feel of the wet pavement. Don't know why but everyone seemed to be riding the yellow line. This got really squirrly when you are flying downhill and can't make ant sudden movements. Got forced over the line a couple times but I wasn't hitting my brakes in this weather coasting downhill. Climbed really well. Dropped to the small ring on the back country hill after the turn and the steep hill up to route 48?. Rest of the time was in the big gear and just grinding away. Took the turns vey cautiously and basically coasted downhill if there were any turns to navigate. Had my glasses fog up on the route 48 hill and again on the big time hill on the way back. I hit 45 mph and it started raining hard at that point so the raindrops stungs, I couldn't see and I was gaining on the person in front of me fast. Man than was scarry, but I stuck with it and then sucessfully braked for the hard left at the bottom on the second tier of that hill. About half way through I passed a guy with a 57 on his leg saying you know I used to love playing in the rain as a kid but my mom never let me, this is a blast!. Loved that attitide and I stopped worrying about the things that had gone wrong this morning and focused on the fun and adventure of playing in the rain like a kid. So soaked to the bone I showed up in T2 with a big grin on my face and picked up 20 spots in my AG and 109 spots overall. Not a bad ride!

Not have my bottle holder issue at the start which cost me a minute before I even mounted, but given the conditions I was a good ride.

Good quick transition unlike Knoxville maintained my spot in AG and only lost 2 spots over all.

Not much.

Started out smooth right out of transition and wearing my new PI IsoTransistions right out of the box, but they felt great. Being in a late wave you got the opportunity to pass alot of people so it was hard to tell how I was doing. Got up to 19th and 121 by mile 2 turnaround, and was feeling good. The hills through the next two miles were tough and slowed me down but I still felt good. Was still raining but I hardly noticed it at that point. Had a below the knee amputee pass me slapping loud thru the puddles at about mile 3, great job by him as he was in my wave. Got the pace back together on mile 5 and pushed the tempo to the big long hill after mile 5. Got to the topp of that hill and really seemed to relax as I had about 4-5 people pass me on that last flat to the corner and around to the finish. Good run but I ended up losing 1 spot in my AG and gaining 1 spot overall from beginning to end but gave back all the spots I gained by mile 2.

Lost focus and could have gone harder from miles 2-4.5. Still best run on this course by over 90 secs.

Got my towel, space blanket, and medal. Held onto my chips for tomorrow and got my finisher's shirt. Grabed a water and Muscule Mike and then visited the Norma Tek tent for 20 min in the boots.


Rain, slop, wet roads, and bad alarm clocks.


COuldn't do anything about the rain which turned the finish line and expo into a muddy mess, but great volunteers toughing it out in the rain and the rain tapered off once we finished.