City of Lakes Triathlon - Olympic Course - Triathlon

My swim went very well. Navigation was spot on and effort seems about right.

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The transition area was dirt and full of goat heads. So, I took a little extra time washing off my feet with a water bottle I had in transition and making sure there were no goat heads stuck to my feet before I put my bike shoes on. I opted to run, carrying my bike, to the mount line.

Nothing. Given the conditions of the transition area, I did the best I could.

The elevation profile for the course map did not do the hills justice. They were bigger than anticipated - which made for some challenging climbs and fun descents.

Not mix my Heed so strong.. it was way to sticky and hard to get down.

There was no T2 time given on the results page and I have no Garnin data - so, I have no idea how long I spent in T2. I feel T2 went well though. Racked my bike, removed my helmet, swapped my shoes, grabbed my visor and race number and headed out for the run.

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My worst discipline by far. I gave it the best I could and just tried to keep moving. The little hill in the middle of Riley Rd kicked my butt!

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I grabbed a water and walked back down the run course to cheer on my friend and my wife who were also racing.


Nohing


I really enjoyed the race and would race it again. If there were room for improvement it would be in transition area (dirt / goat heads), more (any?) traffic management on the bike course, and the chip timing (results were pretty screwed up raising questions during awards).