Cranberry Trifest - Olympic Course - TriathlonOlympic

Got caught at the back of the pack for the start. Got several elbows and kicks. Had a hard time settling into a good pattern due to the breathing trouble from the cold I had the previous week. Once I got a good pattern going, was able to get a good glide and only had trouble sighting after the turn to come back when the sun was headon. This made it hard to see the buoys and I headed for the wrong one once.

Start towards the front of the pack and break in my new goggles with the tinting.

Had trouble getting my wetsuit off but after that, all was good.

Pam under the wetsuit.

I didn't push the bike due to being sick the week before and wanting to save some for the run but I was comfortable with the pace and happy with the time.

I felt great the first 2 miles and then started to have my pace slip and after 3.5 miles started to feel drained and very hungry. I had to walk a couple of times. Run definately could have been better.

Had another shot block earlier in the run. I really felt hungry around mile 4. I'm not sure if it's because I couldn't force myself to eat my whole breakfast this morning or if I should have fueled more. Fuel: 1 shot block before the swim, 1 before the bike, 1 on the bike, and 1 before the run.

Having just come off of being sick and not being able to train properly the week before the race really hurt me.


We were delayed at the start by 15 minutes due to fog.