Cranberry Country Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Other than forgetting my timing chip the swim went well. After I crawled my way through the crowd (it sucked starting at the back of my wave)I found someone to draft off of for most of the swim, and then thanked him for letting me draft once we got out of the water. While the swim went well, I still think I can get faster, especially since I have no soreness in my amrs the day after.

Remember my chip (which would also alleviate problems with starting at the back.

This was my fastest T1 transition to date (albeit its only my thrid). The run to the transition area wan't nearly as long and uphill as it was at Litchfield which was nice.

I still need to get more efficient, but hopefully that will come with time.

Best bike ride yet. 2 mph faster than the Olympic at Litchfield three weeks ago. I still think I can push it even harder on the bike. Actually passed a few people although I was passed by a lot more, still there was significant improvement. Plus I was much braver and didn't brake on the downhills and tried to accelerate through the turns.

I need a bike computer. The course was only marked at miles 5 and 15 and I couldn't figure out exactly how far I'd gone. If I had a better idea of the distance, I should be able to push myself harder.

My feet were very very cold (they felt frostbitten) from the bike so it took me a little while to get my socks and shoes on.

Wish I could run without socks, but I'm way too prone to nasty blisters.

You gotten love the place decline from the swim to the bike to the run, but even though this was my "worst" event it was still such a huge improvement from three weeks ago when I ran the 10K in 1:11:59. I would like to be back to 9 minute miles, but there was no calf and I wasn't completely spent at the finish line. I guess that bodes well for completing the Firmman in 2 weeks. Also in very exciting news, I was lucky enough to bump into KathyG on the run (whose race reports and postings I have been reading religiously). I'm such a dork, but it was really nice to meet someone who (unbeknowst to her) has helped me immensely with getting started on triathlons.

With the calf healed and hopefully no more injuries I should be able to devote more time to "real" running and get off the elliptical.

Chris was at the finishline (and was there for all the transitions) which was great. Walked around, packed up and checked out the results (was bummed to have come in 4th in the Athena division, especially when 2 Athenas passed me in the last mile running and I should have been able to keep up).


I need to really be injury free. Regardless my time improved by almost thirty minutes from my last Olympic three weeks ago (from 3:26:48 to 2:57:10). Hopefully next year I'll be able to make continual progress.


Race was great, really well organized, good food post race. My only suggestion would be to mark the miles on the bike better.