Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic - TriathlonOlympic

I felt very confident and loose before the race. Started far left and was first one out away from pack. Felt I had a strong pace. Sighting was poor. Sun in eyes and green marker bouys were hard to spot. I did not swim straight at any time. I am upset with my time in the swim. I should have been much faster.

I need to train in OWS. I need to build upon my strength. I had a great start but for whatever reason, did not accomplish what I wanted to do.

Long run from T1 spot to bike. Left bike in low gear and couldn't get my legs moving fast enough! Slow tranny.

Set bike in highest gear for easiest transition. The guy next to me was too close. I need to spread out my towel more and have more room.

My quads were killing me from the beginning. Not sure why they were lazy! I did not use my legs during swim. Wanted a faster pace (20mph+). But wind was blowing and I only had spurts (maybe 5 times) where I felt really strong. Drank good amount of water and gatorade. Drink stations with water bottle hand-offs were really nice!

Stretch quads out before swim. I am not sure if I should get out of the saddle during hills or just gear up and have high cadence.

Came into T2 fast. I liked that. Ran 1/2 of T2 and forgot number belt. Had to run back. Added at least 2min to T2. My race belt also broke and I had to fix it while I was quickly walking out of T2

Re-check race belt to make sure it is good. (which it was while I attached number). Put race belt inside of a shoe so I don't forget it next time!

Poor. I walked a few times during the run. My pace was slower than I expected. I felt embarrassed walking. My mind wasn't as strong as I wanted it to be. I didn't need to walk. I could have slowed my pace and probably had at least a 10min mile.

Keep moving...no walking unless it is needed at drink station. I need to keep going. If I see my HR go too high, then I can slow to a walk, if it stays lower than 175, I have no excuses!

Walked around and stretched out. Drank some fluids. Very sore muscles.


My lack of longer training and adding some speed training. I feel that traveling back to MN with a 2hour time change that hurt my sleep was also a factor. Waking up at 4am Central was like waking up at 2pm Pacific. only had 3 solid hours of sleep.


I have to do it next year to prove i am better than a 3hr olympic in a clydesdale division. I will smash my time.