Gerick's Rocky Mountain Triathlon - TriathlonShort Course

..started to freak out in the swim, very cold, lost my breath, lots of traffic, someone hitting my feet repeatedly, trying to attach myself to swimmer ahead and to the right for navigation.. finally, slowed down stroke, got my breath, and relaxed a bit.. rest of swim was ok.. better pace than last year by about 7 sec per 100m - so, not too bad..

Try and get relaxed quicker, start out a little slower, and push harder after the final turn

Tried to relax, get my heart rate down.. so, intentionally slow in transition.. my calc'ns show about 4min total before and after bike..

Relaxed - maybe too relaxed on the bike, though my pace was better than last year, over 2 min. quicker overall

Push the pace slightly harder.. push slightly harder on the uphills.

Basically, I survived.. two days before, diagnosed with infected big toe which I had incized to drain, and then took antibiotics to reduce further swelling.. still sore, but not overly during run, but, really, no legs, running with a slight limp.. 4 min worse than last year. Probably came out too hard considering my condition.

Paced myself better taking into account my condition - would have maybe done a 4min run/1 min walk.. instead of going out harder and doing 8min run.. getting my lactic acid off the charts immediately.

Walking, eating some fruit, gatorade, coke..


Injured toe - run prep.,


Excellent race - spoke to others who uniformly commented positively, including one guy from Ontario who was very impressed with the food and organization of the race compared to Ontario events.