Heart of the Lakes Triathlon - TriathlonLong Course

I got a good start to this swim. I went out with a pretty quick turnover, and I didn't feel like I was having a problem catching my breath. I found some feet and was able to draft for awhile. They would lose me, and then I would search them out again. This was seeming like a really good idea...

There was a fair amount of jostling, and I had to hold my ground and "help" others find a different route than through me. That worked pretty well.

Rounded the buoy and started the return trip. For some reason, I couldn't find any feet to latch on to, and then my navigation went haywire. I didn't want to breathe to my left, as it was directly into the sun, so I was breathing on my right, and I kept pulling into the middle of the course (between the out and back buoys). I was sighting off the wrong buoys. I must've corrected myself at least 5 times, but it kept happening. So, I ended up swimming a little longer...

Try to find feet for the return trip. Maybe take a couple seconds to get on course and avoid going off course so many times. Tinted goggles?

Long transition. Had some trouble getting my wetsuit undone once out of the water. But, I had plenty of time to work on it while I was running to the rack.

Not too much really. Just a long ways from lake to rack to bike start

This was a pretty good ride for me. Prior to a week ago, this would've been my fastest bike split pace. So, now that it isn't, I'm left wanting more. I pushed the bike pretty well, but I did keep everything under control. There were a lot of riders to pass, and there were not any sections where you could relax. Last year at this time, I still remember getting passed more than I passed others. This year, that has changed around quite a bit.

Nothing really. I need to up my bike training.

I had to pee so bad coming off the bike. So, there was about at 20 second porta-pit-stop in this transition.

I didn't want to start out too fast, and I just tried to get relaxed and let the turnover happen. This was a fun run for me. Didn't get passed, and caught a ton of people.

I didn't think I was running this fast, because mentally I didn't have it in me to "kill myself" today. So, I'm happy with the results, and I think my run training is working.

I could try to fix the mental problem of wanting to really push it. Would I have just died at mile 4 then? Not sure.

No warm-down. I grabbed some grub and relaxed.


I don't think anything.


I wanted to cut 5 minutes off my time from last year. I ended up cutting off 4:12. So, I didn't quite hit my goal. I thought the majority of the time I would cut on the bike, and I did. I was surprised to cut a minute off the run. That was nice.