Deer Creek Olympic Triathlon - Triathlon

Started on the outside, third row back to stay away from the first buoy and let things thin out. Not really a lot of contact on the first, lap. I swear on the first lap, they said we needed to round the red finish buoy before we went out for the second lap. As I am heading to the red buoy (With some other swimmers who I realized were sprinters, after about 200yds or so of swimming towards that buoy, I was trying to figure out why it was SO thin. Then I looked to my left (I breath to my right), and realized the heard wasn't swimming towards the red buoy, so swam back into the heard. It probably cost me a minute or 2. Then I seemed to hit a lot of contact probably because I was passing all the people I passed or was in front of from the first lap.

Follow the masses instead of thinking I knew where I was going.This wasn't the swim course from last year or the one on the website.

The run up the hill to transition was pretty steep. That had my HR going pretty hard. They changed the TA up. Quick got my wetsuit off, helmet on, glasses on, and headed out. It took me a little bit to get up to speed on my bike since I forgot to use my rubber bands to hold my shoes in place.

Remember the rubber bands

Good ride for me. It was really kind of lonely, I passed a few people, but was only passed by 3, one of whom I passed later. I didn't pass anyone in my age group, this led me to believe that I was way behind the fast guys in te age group. I kept my HR up the whole time, but tried to settle it down in the second loop.

Maybe control my HR more to see if I could save more for the run. I went into the race trying to go all out and not really pace myself too much.

Took me a little long to get my socks on. Other than that, everything was great.

Started out strong and new it was going to get hot. I just focused on my breathing and going strong. It started getting pretty hot along the stretch of road covering miles 2-5. Got passed but some really strong runners. That was impressive to see guys who make it look effortless. I stayed so focused, I barely have much to report here. .

If I paced the bike better, I probably could have run faster.

Got some water, banana, and a cookie. I didn't stretch much. Just gathered my stuff and headed home. I was really disappointed in my time. I was hoping to be at least sub 2:25.


The going off course on the swim and maybe going to hard on the bike.


Great job by HFP! The race was organized well like I've come to expect from HFP. Could have had better communication on the swim course as it was a bit confusing, but this year, they stepped up their game as the packet pickup line was quick and the results were posted same day. Plus the weather was great.