Huntington's Disease Triathlon - Olympic Distance - TriathlonOlympic

I thought the swim for me was good. I'm not the strongest swimmer and I found a lot of open water. I ran into the sprit competitors because of the delayed start, and cost me some time navigating around them with about 200m to go.

Push a little harder. I was relaxed and confident, just unsure of how hard to push. It was my first OLY and longest swim in competiton.

Trasition was great. I forgot my Cliff shots.

Tape nutrition to the bike so I don't have to remember.

I thought I did better on the bike than my results showed. I train with relatively no hills so the bridge was an eye opener. I never felt exhausted, but needed a shot on the second lap. Drank both water bottles but could have used a gel.

Push harder.

I drank a lot of water after racking the bike. I was a little dehydrated and my back was sore. Ate a gel shot, not sure if that hurt or helped me. I guess it didn't matter, I really was hurting after this point. I was in good spirits until I started to leave T2.

Terrible. My back was killing. Everytime I tried to push, pain. I stopped a couple times at the water stations to stretch my back, but it was too tight. I lost a lot of time and ground. I was very dissapointed with the run.

Push harder and train harder.

Found some shade and tried to stretch out my back. Iced it all day and night.


Back problems


Overall, I was happy with my first OLY race. I was very dissapointed with my run effort. Entering T2, I was confident of a sub 3H finish. A lot of dissapointment when people started passing me on the run. Just wished I could have run a little harder and the back held on for another hour. Looking forward to the next one.