Capital of Texas Triathlon - Olympic - TriathlonOlympic

Had great swim except for start where I got blocked out as someone was heading to shore (so it appeared), Once past this I got into a really nice rythem until final turn heading back to dock. Came up on alot of the slower swimmers and had to manuever between them. Overall felt great.

forgot tri shoes and had my road shoes by accident. Use speedplay pedals and so ran in shoes, forgot I had protective covers on bottom. jumped on bike and had to get back off due to this. I usually struggle at this transition. I need to practice

bring my tri shoes

I should have gone after this one. I guess I was a little gun shy as my race 8 weeks ago I cramped up on the run as I felt I pushed myself too hard. I just took a nice comfortable pace and would pick up speed here and there. Looking at my overall time feel I should have gone after it a little more.

gone harder

I lost at least 1 minute due to leaving race belt sitting in transition. Left transition area and had to run back

continue to practice

felt good until mile 3-5. Quad felt a little tight. Walked next 2 transition areas and made sure hydrated. last mile I had my legs again.

Bricks, Bricks, Bricks - that is all I can say. I am a 43-45 minute 10k runner normally, but my best tri time is only 50 minutes

Walked around and looked for my wife and daughter for nearly 20 minutes until I found her. Stretched for about 15 minutes. Took in some water, pizza, popsicles.


As stated above need to practice transition and more bricks


I really enjoyed this race. Overall I beat my best olympic time even with taking the bike portion easier than I could have gone, and losing some energy in run. Oh yea and t1, t2.