SavageMan Triathlon 30.0 - TriathlonOlympic

4th women overall for swim (fastest was less than 1 minute faster); 3 minutes faster than anyone else in my age group; but still plenty of room for improvement

Faster!!!

Walked up the steep hill from the swim which was where most of the time went. Put on socks, shoes jacket, camel bak, gloves, helmet. Was quite cold the first 30k of bike so well worth the time for the extra gear. Wetsuit was off in seconds.

Try to run up the hill

This was a very hard course for someone who seriously sucks at climbing hills. I didn't feel great at the start of the bike which is pretty normal for me; but with lots of hills from the very beginning out of transition, I didn't have time to spin my legs until my lungs felt ok.

I wish I could climb better but aside from pushing harder which would have killed me for the run, I don't know what else I could have done

Took my time to take off all the extra gear I put on to keep warm including the sleeves which I had worn under the wetsuit. Then put on and tied my running shoes.

Nothing; I could go faster on a waker day if I needed less gear for the bike

This was a hard run with very steep uphills in the first mile, making it hard to get the legs into it. I had to walk up some parts of the steepest uphills, including the fire road (an awesome dirt/rock/gravel road) but I caned it down the fire road when most people were picking their way down. The first part of the run I was trying to maintain a 10 min/mile pace because it was feeling so hard; I think I did a little faster from the top of the fire road to the end, but I lost too much time in the first half to get under an hour.

Start off faster and not worry so much about saving energy for the end; I always have the mental strength to finish hard no matter how tired I am.

Got water, got lunch, got ice cream... walked around near the finish a bit, but no real warm down


Had a really hard time breathing (despite remembering to use my inhaler and using it again on the bike) right from the start of the swim. I feel like the virus I had at the start of the week wasn't gone either. And this was a very hilly bike/run and I'm really awful at hills.


The volunteers and organizers were brilliant; the other women out on the course were very supportive and encouraging; the location is gorgeous; the lake is clean (except for the weeds but they don't count at pollution). It was a very pleasant experience, and I met a lot a really nice people.