Cedars of Lebanon Triathlon - Triathlon

I lost some time getting hung up behind some people in front of me...I thought I could hit about 3:40 so a little disappointed in the time.

Eh, swim over people.

Rookie mistakes..1. went to wrong bike rack 2. had shoes on bike with rubber bands...got one foot in but couldn't get the other one in. Had to stop, unclip, put my other shoe on and reclip...bone head mistakes.

Practice transitions...a lot!

Fairly pleased with the bike split given I started from scratch this year. If I hadn't had the shoe problem coming out of T1 I could have gotten it under 31 minutes.

Need a lot of work in this area. Overall leaders came in at 24 minutes and my age group leaders came in around 27 minutes. Plus, I didn't have a whole lot left for the run.

More mistakes...a little slow getting off the bike. Racked the bike in the wrong slot..had to rerack it. Other than that, transition was ok.

More transition practice

I was a little gassed coming off the bike and the hills hurt on the run...need to build up bike fitness. My open 5k time is about 45 secs/mile faster. The last hill before the finish hurt but I kept telling myself not to stop and I didn't!

Better fitness and pacing on the bike will help. I'm working on increasing my run volume too.

Met up with several friends from my swim group and compared notes. Everyone had fun. Got something to eat and just hung out until time sheets started coming out.


Transition mistakes and bike fitness are the low hanging fruit in that area but I think I can improve my run and swim too with more training.


Team Magic did a nice job conducting the race.