HITS Triathlon Series: Naples - Olympic Course - Triathlon

The waves on the first leg were pretty good sized and took a lot of energy to fight through. My time goal coming in was 30 minutes, so with the waves and the long run to T1 I wasn't terribly disappointed with 33 minutes.

Stay in a little closer to the buoys. I stayed well to the outside of the most direct route to avoid traffic so I probably swam a little farther than was really necessary.

Terrible transition. About halfway through the first lap of the swim I realized I had forgotten to fill my water bottle for the bike, so I lost time doing that.

Remember to fill my water bottle beforehand and move a bit faster.

I took it really easy on the bike to save energy for the run.

Go harder. I had planned to go easy, but I went too easy. I could have easily been 5-10 minutes faster without a whole lot more effort.

T2 was good overall, but I lost time stopping at the Port-a-potty on the way out.

Have a bigger bladder

I've never run a 10K before so I was a little worrieed about the distance. I stuck to my plan and did 8-10 minutes of running then 1-1.5 minutes walking and it seemed to work pretty well. Even with the walk breaks I averaged sub-10 minute miles, which for me is good.

Train more for the run. It has always been my weakness so I rend to neglect it. Also, remember my hat.

Very little. Lots of water and some walking while I waited for my sister to finish.


This was my first Olympic distance, so I was very conservative in my approach. A combination of early season lack of fitness and unfamiliarity with the distance were my biggest limiters. My goal was 3 hours, finished in 3:04 with slow transitions and a way too conservative bike leg. I've already identified where I could shave off a good 15 minuted without much more effort.


I didn't stick around for the post race activities as there didn't appear to be any. The expo area consisted of about 5 vendors, and they were packing up pretty early. But worst of all- there was no beer!