Square Lake Triathlon - Long Course - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

I did not put my cap over my goggles and after a couple of dolphin dives my straps came down and very loose. so when goggles filled up i rolled onto my back and emptied them out and fixed the straps. then i just took the swim easy. i wanted to try and see if that would save any energy or glycogen for later.

At least the swim was the proper distance this year. However i lost over 6 minutes overall because it was that much longer then last year.

be in a better mind set and push it

Awful transition. I missed the first step while i was trying to get my arms out of my wetsuit so i fell down. then i got up the steps and i did not have any of the new things ready. I did not have socks ready to go on, and the arm warmers were not rolled up. It was cold so i decided to wear socks , which i normally dont do. and try arm warmers. It took me forever to get the arm warmers on. then i decided to take them off and not wear them. Just not mentally ready to race this day.

prepare and have everything perfectly ready to put on quickly. and not worry about arm warmers. it was not cold enough.

I attempted to take it easy the first ten miles. after the head wind any time going northbound, i ended up telling myself to go easy the first loop.

then i tried to pick it up the second loop. I never felt like i got my legs under me. about 3 miles left i felt a little quad cramp coming. I was just ready to get off the bike.

this was 5 minutes slower then last year. That really suprised me, because i crashed and burned last year. ANd i had almost double the miles this year.



More miles. More intense miles

the second i stepped of the bike, my right quad cramped up. I was very glad i had socks on, so that i did not need to put those on also. After i stretched out my leg for a bit, then i got my shoes on.

I knew i was way behind the pace i wanted and slower then last year by a lot, but i just wanted to mentally say to myself to just get through this and have a decent run. screw the overall time.

not much.

I knew before the race that i wanted to start out at 9 min miles and decend. I did that, until the last 2 miles. those last 2 miles are hilly and i was spent. I ended up running right around 9:10 and 9:20 for those.

I ran 20 minutes faster then last year, so i am happy with that

My run mileage is way down from last year, and i need to have more to finish strong.

wade into the lake


fitness, and mental preparedness. I just was not into racing that day


I am still not sure if i like this distance. It was great to see everyone that i knew.