RAGE Triathlon Presented by Safelite AutoGlass - Olympic Course - TriathlonOlympic

Right from the start my navigation bit me. I overturned two of the bouys. After the first 500 meters I settled in and it felt a lot better. My first race where I got to use my wetsuit though and it was awesome.

I definately need to warm up next time. The first 500ish meters were really tough and I think a warm up would have helped that. I need to practice a warm-up routine that will get me ready for the race. I also need to find a place around here to practice open water swim for navigation skills. I had to almost stop a couple of times to get my bearings straight and I definately swam extra.

The way the transition area was set up it was probably .2-.3 miles long so most the time was running the transition area. My arms were smoked from the swim to the point it was hard to get my wetsuit off.

The transition itself was pretty good but I need to practice a flying mount so I don't have to take the time to put my shoes on.

Wow, the course was tough. I was pretty bad out of the transition (I almost wrecked messing with my race number and running off the road). I had a water in my aero drink, grabbed a waterbottle from an aid station and a gatorade on the way back.

Again a warm-up would have helped, if for nothing else than making sure my bike was good (getting the number on right). I need to work on hills! I was pretty awful. I also need to get my cadence up, even though I think part of the reason the cadence was so low is cause a lot of the down hills I was going 35 mph already so I wasn't pedaling. I also wasn't able to stay in aero position very long cause my neck and shoulder muscles were really sore. I need to work them out more.

Good transition. Grabbed a banana for the beginning of the run. I liked it, I had a stomach ache around mile 4 so maybe I should stick with a gel.

It was a pretty good transition, just a long distance to cover.

I came out of the transition a little too quick. I also ate a banana at the beginning of the run. I had a gulp of gatorade at the 4 and 5 mile marks. With about 2.5 miles left I kind of got chills (goose bumps) and my sweat turned to a chalk like powder. I had to slow it down to the finish. The end was all on pretty loose sand making it a push just to maintain the same pace.

I need to experiment more with long brick workouts to try nutrition on practice days. My stomach felt a little goofy and I'm not sure if it was the heat, the banana, too much liquid or what. Other than that, I was happy just to keep going at a decent pace.

The race volunteers gave a cold towel on the head and that was amazing. I went straight to the oranges. I ate 10-20 slices. Oranges have never tasted so good. After that we stopped and took pictures and then I went to the massage tent. It felt good to be in the shade. The massage felt amazing. My shoulders and neck are the most sore. After that we just had fun at the post-race meal.


I need to get better at hills and have more long training days to practice nutrition.
I also set goals too high that didn't consider race conditions. I need to just enjoy races and give a high effort.


The transition area was the worst set-up I've seen. A lot of places you couldn't even rack your bike and it was extremely crowded. It was also an extremely long transition area. Though, other than putting the fence too close to the A-frames and not clearing the transition area pre-race, the race directors did the best with what they could for the location.
The swim was great, really smart to do the wade start with the rocky beach. The bike course was difficult but enjoyable. It was well marked with aid stations at the right spots and people wathing the right intersections. The run was good, but the finishing stretch was loose sand and rocks. Other than trying not to roll an ankle, it was frustrating to try and sprint to the end.
The volunteers were great and post race activities were very good.