One Last Tri - Triathlon

IMO there wasn't enough buoys to site. They had 2 at the corners and that was all. I did well rounding the first one then went too wide and had to swim back a good 50 to 75 feet.

Site better, push harder

For whatever reason I couldn't get my left foot into my shoe and almost had to stop. Took a good 1/4+ miles to get in.

Practice in and out of shoes more

I knew heading out there was going to be a strong headwind for the first 8 to 10 miles so I tried to keep low and didn't push too hard. I tried to pace myself so I wouldn't be burned out for the run. Miles 8 to 11 were some good cross winds. Miles 11 to about 18 I was able to make up time hitting 22 to 25 MPH. Around mile 22 the roads turned to complete crap with potholes, loose pavements, seems tore up and this lasted a good 3 miles. Had to come out of aero they were that bad. Almost hit a dead porcupine laying in one of the ptholes. Twice I thought I blew a tire but didn't

Not much. Not happy with overall speed but being my first long distance tri I didn't know what to expect so I backed off on pushing real hard.

Decent T2

Not much. Got slightly confused with my gels and belt maybe wasting 10 seconds or so.

My lower quads were cramping coming off the bike which has happened before. It wasn't bad but I couldn't go full out for fear they would fully lock up. Felt good overall on the run though. On the way back around mile 5.25 my right heel started t feel like it was geting "hot" or like a blister was starting to orm. Stopped took show off then proceeded to run. Last half mile felt like forever.

Not much.

Walked around, got a message


Not much. Trained pretty well leading up to the event. Have been battling a rear hip/periformis issue all season but it held together long enough for the race.


Good race. I know they moved it to this location vs prior years. Lake was a little weedy but not bad. The one thing I do think they needed was more buoys for the long course swim. We were told the horrible section of road was going to be repaved for next year. There was A LOT of traffic coming in from the bike so you have to be careful.