Westchester Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Best and fastest open water swim. I expected to do the swim in 35 minutes and was surprised when I got out of the water and was running up the beach - looked at my watch and it said 27 minutes. Wow! I think the course was slightly short. Sound was like glass. No current and no waves.

I need to continue to work on sighting and swimming straighter. If I could learn to bilaterally breathe that would help. I think if I swam a bit straighter rather than pulling to the right, my time would have been even faster.

Overall not a bad first transition. Run up beach and into transition. Wetsuit came off very fast. I could have moved a little faster but I took a little time to wipe my face, blow my nose and take a quick drink. Given the distance from the swim exit to my rack and my rack to bike exit, I was over all pleased. Doubt I could d more than take 30-40 seconds off this time.

Move faster.

After training with TNT, I knew this course very well. I like this ride. I do part of this ride (the hills through Greenwich) for training. I did not drink as much as expected on the bike in part because it was not as hot and in part because I wanted to avoid the need to use the facilities which happened earlier in the season. One bottle of Heed and a couple of endurolytes did the trick fine.

Not much. Get stronger so I can push harder on the ride.

A good T2 given the distance from dismount to my spot on the rack. I moved pretty well. Again, I took a little time to down a gel and take a couple of gulps of water.

If I cut out the gel and the water, I could have lowered my time by about 20 seconds. Maybe have that gel and water on the bike about a mile out.

Really good run for me. Fastest 10k this season. Last 3 miles I ran with a gal and she and I pushed each other. We remarked to each other that we were pushing one another. My legs, quads in particular, were a little sore near the end of the run but no cramping at the beginning or near the end like in NYC.

Train harder to run faster!

Walk, stretch, bagel, water, Stella Artois! Hang out with TNT'ers.


Nothing that more training could not solve.


What a gorgeous day for a race. Very well run with lots of volunteers. Great expo and party afterwards with a band and plenty of open space. Free beer never hurts either! Loved this race and will be back next year. I definitely left it all out there on the run!