Blue Lake Olympic Triathlon - Triathlon

swim cap came off after 2nd buoy - swam holding it for a few minutes then turned on back to get back on - lost 5-10 seconds there. Otherwise felt focused and solid on swim - even got a noticeable draft between 1st and 2nd buoy which was good - good sighting

make sure cap is on SECURELY next time. could maybe pick up pace a touch

great getting suit to knees, got slightly stuck on first heel but able to quickly get off by hand - did put on fit bit which takes a few seconds - got into R shoe okay but L shoe got a bit smashed down, took a bit to get into it

push few feet past mount line - got crowded and to tight for good flying mount

found myself sort of in between 2 gears on back ring - larger gear had cadence around 93-95, smaller gear had cadence around 87 - just didn't quite have enough to push the harder gear to 90, but in last 6-8 miles got it dialed in and had a 24 mph stretch to finish strong - took a gel @ mile 14
f-ing GPS turned off and never caught it

felt water bottle was an issue - too full to get a good pinch to get out - tried to fill bar bottle but cap too tight to get - for future hot races better to get a 2nd bottle behind saddle, also don't fill up felt bottle so high - lost some time on the uphill messing with it

good T2 - raced in at a good clip - bit of struggle with left 2nd shoe getting on

cadence a bit too low - 87 avg
felt strong and focused on run - especially first 3 miles - got some shade here also - last 3.2 were hard until I got back into park - had enough for a sprint finish - inside of both quads pretty crampish at start, walked through aid stations to fully hydrate due to heat - pace is about :30 off last years, but researching hot temps this is exactly what I should have expected

went out too fast at start, think needed to save more energy for 2nd half which was sunnier and hotter

walking around, water, some stretches


HEAT HEAT HEAT!
hydration issues on the bike likely cost bike split PR, swim was a PR by 3 seconds but should have been by closer to 10.


overall 56/272 - top 21%
AG 7/24 - top 29%
Males 51/176 - top 29%