Silicon Valley International Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

nice course. lake water, so a little murky from the traffic, but water was clean and deep. no real problems. this is a nice lake to swim in.
Water was fairly warm, so I definitely felt hot in my wetsuit - so took a couple of scoops of water down the front to cool off. Might need to try a long john suit rather than a full.

This was a slow swim, surprisingly. I think I really need to develop some technique in my swim as I know I can swim faster.

Was fairly straightforward. Had to stuff wetsuit and towel into the transition bag for them to take to the finish, so this added a few seconds to the time

not a lot. was ok transition.

rode this well I thought. was first race on my tri-bike which I enjoyed a lot, although didnt get as much time in aero as I might have liked... mainly due to lack of practice and discomfort on the saddle - have to get an Adamo seat I think. Other obvious issue I had was with a gear change on a sharp uphill about 2/3 through the course I somehow caught my chain on the chainring and had to stop to free the chain. lost a minute or two there, then had to get momentum again heading uphill. otherwise thought the bike went well. stayed hydrated and had my endurolytes which helped I think

practice shifting more. get my bike checked out - although it is new it probably needs a post-wear-in tune up.

Had to open transition bag and this cost a few seconds. also used regular laces instead of Yankz which also cost a precious few seconds

perhaps lay out the gear the night before... taking the time to do this might have saved 20 seconds... also need to use my Yankz again

Wasnt too hot - probably reached high 60s. was good for not overheating. waslked a few stretches in the 2nd half, but still managed to keep solid average pace

more training... didnt get enough running in in weeks prior due to IT band tenderness and pains on longer runs... stretching and hydration more during training

had water, fruit, half a burrito and some muscle milk. hung out a bit then headed home quickly to spend the day with the family.


wasn't great about training in the weeks prior, mainly due to a lot of work.


Was a great race. My last races with USA Productions were in 2012 and were good events, but the medals and t-shirts were noticeably poor. This year it was great to receive tech-T shirts and custom medals... nice touch. Overall a well organized, fun race on excellent course with a lot of support. They did a good job communicating and accommodating the swim venue change and point-to-point race once Almaden lake wasn't a viable location for the swim. Well done!!