Escape to Miami - Olympic Course - TriathlonOlympic

This was a pretty cool swim. They ferry you over to an island and then you have to jump off the boat (About 6 feet down) and swim to shore. Then you have to sit on the island a LONG TIME waiting for your wave. Fortunately they only had 3 waves. The info they gave you RE where the boat left from (NONE) was poor and regarding when to get the boats was poor too

ANYWAY. That was kind of cool and you could see the boats that came in after ours REALLY being pushed by the current. I guess this notoriously is a tough swim due to current. Personally I can think of several St. A swims that were FAR harder than this.

You did fight current to the first turn then it pushed you some then there was no push. I fought quite a while to get clear water but I am really out of good swim shape right now an this is about were I expected to be. I would have been shocked if it were under 30 minutes. We started way to the right because the current was pushing the other waves to the left.

Right before our wave started the DJ on the island was playing "call me maybe" and as it was an all womens wave we were all singing along. That was fun :)

More consistent traing would have helped a lot. I had swim challeneges in Texas and as I was so depressed there it was difficult to haul myself off the couch to do much of anything, it is what it is. I am so thankful to be in a better place mentally, emotionally and professionally and have my life so much better since moving back to FL

I had a little trouble getting the speed suit off. It was a long run into transition. I walked. Had my shoes on the bike and did excellent getting into them

run more walk less :)

I am extremely pleased with this bike. First of all I did not expect to be much better than 1:30. Also its a 2 loop course and you go over one good sized bridge and 2 smaller ones a total of 2 times. I am shyte at hills......got none to train on and there were 3 hairpin turns each loop where you had to slow down to about zero and I was SUPER careful. I was unfamiliar with teh course and due to a LOT of rain the preceeding day there were wet spots I also took great care on. Plus I am fat and not in great shape right now. That said I am hell on a down hill and on the flats. I had a lot of fun on this and was a little more aggresive the second loop as I had a better idea of what to expect.

Find a bridge to practice on. Loose weight :) I am really quite pleased with this performance. I should have/could have drank more

Came in and got to my rack. Not too many bikes there...GOOD!! The person next to my had racked backwards and I could not rack properly so I flipped my bike around too. Sat down and dried my feet and put socks and shoes on. I already had a big blister on my toe and fortunately my bandaging had survived the first 2 events. I need the socks. thats al I'm gonna say. Shoes on, hat, sunglasses, race belt, grabbed a gel. Off I go

I need the socks and I am not gonna podium. Run more walk less

Well this was a disappointment. I did not expect it to be great or even good but I expected better than this. The REALLY pathetic thing is that I actually ran some of this. My left foot hurt from the first step. I initially had trouble catching my breath. I have not raced short course in SO LONG. I ran out of transition and then trued a 3:1 buto nly made ti 2 minutes running. Walked a minute 2 minutes running. then I got to the frigging mountain of a bridge. Um yeah. RIGHT. I ran 2 lite poles and walked two up the top. Ran down and tried to resume my run walk. RRRIIIGGGHHT.

I dropped to a run to a cone walk to a cone. I had several other racers join me. My foot was KILLING ME. I tried to walk on the outside of the foot the inside of my foot. Nope. It was warm but it was not bothering me. I took cytomax and water at each station and ice when they offered it. That went in my cap and down my back. Kept trying to run. Stupid bridge. Did not make any effort to run up it. Made a big effort to run down it. Continued with the run walk thing thru the finish.

Foot transplant please? I wish I had had my own fluids.

Found pumpkin. Dranks some water and packed up


Lack of training, too much body weight, injured foot


This was a great race really. I would highly reccomend it and do it again in a heartbeat, hopefully with a better run next time :)