Greenwood Triathlon - Triathlon

Again, so angry about the course being an extra 500 meters long. My speedsuit chaffed under both arms and the right side of my neck, it had never done that in training but it was very painful. My lower back cramped up with 500m to go. There were only 3 waves in the course; elites, age group, beginners. I drank way to much water and was frustrated mentally because my internal clock knew I was over 30 minutes of swimming so I was pretty upset by what I believed was a slow swim.

bodyglide neck and arm pits to prevent chaffing. hopefully, setup events learns to mark the swim properly. not check out mentally after a perceived bad swim leg.

Bad job in TA, started putting my bike shoes on before I had my speedsuit off. Packed all my swim gear into plastic bag so it would be transported to T2.

remember proper order of getting dressed.

I came out of the park and knew I wouldn't have my A race, my back was still cramped from the swim and I was struggling to stay aero, hip flexors were starting to cramp and a knot in my left shoulder made being on the base bar difficult. No matter what position I was in it hurt. I picked up a decent groove from mile 6 to 10 when it fell apart. I dropped a gu roctane and then a mile later while attempting a pass hit a seam in the bridge/road transition and almost endo'ed the bike. I held on, the rim and tire didn't suffer any damage but the water bottle I mounted behind the seat was gone. Again, big mental let down about losing nutrition and hydration. Tried to go into water conservation mode which hurt me on the run later. Miles 10-12 were on rough road and I couldn't stay aero because of vibrations. The last 12 miles were into a headwind the entire way and it felt like there was nothing but uphill, I was hurting and miserable at this time. Tried to put out all I had to have a 20mph bike (barely made it with rounding) I used bontrager aeolus wheels for this race. The gu plan was take on as soon as bike leg started and then at 8, 16, and 24 miles.

hang onto nutrition and hydration, try to find a comfortable bike position (going to hilton head for a bike fit)

sock and shoes on, went with newton distance

nothing

took a gu roctane and immediately felt great. i could feel the heat setting but the shade on the path was very nice. it seemed that i ran uphill both ways on the course. the guys at aid station 2/4 were too excited about dumping water the athletes, i got hit with 5 cups. this lead to my newtons becoming bricks and slowing me down even more. at mile 5 I hit the hill and just about broke, it wasn't huge I just had nothing in the tank. because of my drooped gu roctane on the bike I had to take a hammer gel at the half way point and it didn't give me the same boost (physically or mentally). by the end of the run I was spitting water out because I had drank too much at each of the 1st 5 aid stations trying to play catchup.

wear shoes that don't become water logged bricks and don't over hydrate.

walked a miles or so to see my wife finish and tried to jog but my legs didn't work at this point.


cramps/spasms, poor nutrition plan, and weak mental game. I knew from the list of names registered that the best I could do was 6th place in AG and that really affected me this race. chaffing really hurt on the run.


Rating this race is based heavily on the swim being so far off, the sprinklers flooding T2, and the threat that if you came into town you might have to stop because the train won't stop for athletes (setups events is going to redesign the course for next year). Overall this is a nice race in a great small town.