HITS Triathlon Series: Ocala - Olympic Course - TriathlonOlympic

Visibility wasn't great but still better than the ocean. Sighting the buoys was easy. Also I was FOP on the swim and the gentleman in the yellow kayak who lead the swimmers made it even easier. First swim in a wetsuit and thankfully didn't have any issues there. Wadeish start. Mass start in waist deep water. No troubles with crowds.

thought everything went as well as I could expect

My transition area was a mess. I didn't really get to set up anything because I got there so late. Although I will say HITS lives up to there transition area hype.

Get there early enough to set up my area.

I thought the ride was nice. Hit the turn around in 5th which is unusual for me. Need some training on hills as I really had to fight up a few of them but it was nice to coast a little on the downhills. Headwind picked up with incoming storms on the way back to transition so that sucked.

Be better prepared for hills. Wasn't expecting it that much. The coastal riding is spoiling

Again my transition was sloppy. Racked my bike and laced up my shoes then was off.

Have a transition set up

I had the course marked a little short (almost half a mile actually) on my watch. I must not have paid attention to the course because I wasn't expecting the whole run to be off road. Sand was pretty soft from the half and full the day before.

Run went as well as I could have hoped

Walked over and changed while waiting on my dad to finish.


Lack of time to set up. Completely my fault.


The race was awesome for the price you pay. It didn't have all the bells and whistles but I only paid a fraction of the price to race it. I'd race it again but don't think I'd do the full distance with HITS. I saw a few finishers the night before and it seemed a little bare bones for that distance. Still they do a quality job putting on a race