Telos Utah Valley Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

I had a terrible time sighting on this swim. I honestly swam around 1600m. I also felt like I was one of the last out of the water, but that wasn't the case.

I would site better :). I think that I need to get out in the OW more. I had only done three other OWS before this one, and this was my first race in the OW

I decided to take my time on the transition; I wasn't in a hurry to get out of there. I felt pretty good, just didn't want to forget anything.

Umm... for that race nothing. It was my first olympic race afterall, so I decided to relax the whole way through

I really enjoyed the ride. It was very scenic. I ran over a little snake and had to swerve to avoid a family of skunks. I was concerned that one of the skunks had sprayed me, but I don't smell any worse than normal, so I think that I avoided a spray.

I would like to get some aerobars with barend shifters. I'm not too concerned about it, but it sure would have helped during the ride back into the headwind.

My transition was ok. I got everything on as quickly as possible, but then I made sure that I had taken a nice swig of water and that I had composed myself.

For my first Olympic, nothing. I was just out there to enjoy myself, not trying to set the world on fire ;).

The course was ok. I'm not a huge out and back fan, but I don't hate it either. I had negative splits, and I felt that I drank well and felt good throughout. I got a bad cramp right before the fourth mile. That added roughly a minute to my time because I had to stop and stretch it, but I was able to get back at it and felt much better after stretching out.

Nothing really. Maybe push a little harder over the last half of the race. I feel like I don't have a good base, so I need to continue building a base, but that's what this year is all about, building a very solid base in all three disciplines so that I can do well next year.

I ate a bunch of oranges and drank some Gatorade Endurance. I also walked around a bit, but no real cooldown.


My lack of a base.


I liked this race. It is supposed to be much better organized this next year. They had to cap the field significantly because of scheduling problems.