MinneMan Triathlon - Olympic Course - TriathlonOlympic

Wetsuit legal. I have been swimming really well the last couple of weeks and should have pushed the start more. I let the rest of the pack get in front of me thinking that I was going to have to dolphin dive a bit further than everyone else. The decision caused me to miss the draft and the lead pack. Once I realised that the rest of the pack was moving slower, I got back on track. Unfortunately, at 250 yeards in it was too late to cat ch the elad group. I stayed on a consistent pace stuck between my age group leaders and the rest of the pack. No problem seeing the bouys and I sighted really well.

I have been working really hard on the swim and with the drop in time per 100 I should have pushed it harder in the beginning to try and stay with the lead pack. Need to figure out what to wear for Lifetime which wont be wetsuit legal, will have to practice getting the tri top on wet and decide whether or not to swim with it.

A little bit of run out of the water to T1, I was supreised to see most of the bikes on the rack for my age group.

Run a little bit harder out of the water.

I left a little too much on the bike, but still got passed by 2 people from my age group. Struggled to get my shoes on the bike. Decided before the event after looking at the route out of transtion, two quick 90 degree turns that I would wait for the highway to get the shoes on. By that time I was already hauling at 22-23 mph, which made it a little interesting trying to pull on the shoes. Oly went off before the sprint on the same course, 1st lap only one person passed me and I spent a lot of time with no one around me. The section through St. Francis and the residential area by the golf course were a blast. 2nd lap ran into a bunch of sprint traffic, but everyone stayed on the right and I was able to pass on the left without a problem. Took two GUs and handle bar mounted water bottle, ran out of water with 3 miles to go.

Need to work more on bike power, legs got a little rocked on the ride. Need to add a water bottle to the back, to make sure I don't run out. Work on a pulling the shoes on faster, at 6"7" on a 60 cm tri bike it is a little bit of a reach to expect to pull them on at 23 mph.

After the bike, I knew my legs were going to be throttled. I could feel it the second I hoped of the bike. Should have taken the time to through a pair of sock on. Luckily I had lfet a bottle of Brew in transition and was able to take a couple of swigs before I headed out.

Work more on the bike and take the time to put socks on.

Legs were worked, started the run at 7:35 hoping to negative split wach mile, but after the second mile I knew I wasn't going to be able to hold it. Plenty of water on the course, but it was hot. Tried to hold 8:15 mile pace and did a good job until the 4 mile mark. Ran the calcs in my head and knew I would be close to breaking 2:35 and tried to adjust my pace accordingly. Just couldn't get myself to go and it slipped backwards in mile 5. I did push it hard in the last 1/4 mile, but the damage was already done. Should have worn socks, got two bliseters on the left foot. One on the bottom along the outside sole that hurt like the dickens.

Need more bike power to hold the bike pace, especially if I want to be able to run afterwards. Put socks on in T2.

1 mile run - light stretching. Lots of water, the event had plenty and I ran to the car to grab some GU Brew I had in the cooler. Great Breakfast Burrito.


Need more training on the bike and continuing to build the running base, not bad for only 6 weeks of training.


Overall, a PR by 15 minutes in the Oly distance. Although, I was about 30 pounds heavier with the previous PR. Need to keep working on the bike and the run to get stronger. The swim was great and it was nice to see the times drop after all of the work that I have put in.