Rocky Mountain State Games Triathlon - Triathlon

Had a good start but got jostled a bit for the first leg. Just breathed on the right side. I don't know what it is about OWS races but I always have ONE GUY that is perpetually in my way. This guy will always swim just ahead of me but can't swim a straight line to save his life and is always cutting me off. Sure enough, this race was no different, except this guy managed to kick me square in the nose during one of his meanderings. After the third time of him cutting me off I gave him a big shove and found a new line. Other than that, the swim went well. Sighted well and swam very little breast stroke as my shoulders felt good.

Keep working here. The course felt long for sure and the buoys were not set up per the course diagram.

Pretty quick here. Wetsuit came off easy and my flying mount was great.

Started off well and found a few guys to ride near. First two laps were fine but I was starting to get tired by the third. The course was a 3 loop criterium style with 13 turns per loop, so nearly 40 turns over 10 miles. The large hill came off a turn that caused you to lose speed as well. The constant slowing down, speeding up, etc. took its toll I think. I just haven't trained for that and a tri bike is not conducive to this type of riding.

Not much, pace a little better maybe. I don't own a road bike...

Started off feeling a bit flat from the bike. First mile at 6:48, really slow. I kicked it up and my legs started feeling a bit better but not awesome. Second and third miles were definitely better but overall I was slow. Some mild stomach cramping towards the end.

I've felt a bit flat since coming back from Michigan and the bike course didn't help. I was a good 20 seconds per mile slow today, which was frustrating.

Ran about two miles


I've felt flat since coming home from Michigan and my training has been limited since Boulder 70.3 five weeks ago. Need to really start hitting my training plan now with Harvest Moon coming up in seven weeks.


I'm glad I did the race as it was a different venue/format. There seemed to be some course issues in the earlier kid races but mine was fine. There are some cool parts to the bike course but it can be congested and dangerous because of that as spectators and athletes are very close to each other. I do think the swim and run were long. In my case, this sucks as my swim is pretty average and the bike course is quite short compared to other sprint distances.