USA Triathlon Age Group National Championship - TriathlonOlympic

My time did not come through on the the results page. Not many peoples swim did. WTF? I had my watch going and checked it right as I stood up. So this did not have the run up the beach. Very good swim I think the course was short because everyones swim was fast. I could not see a damn thing but I just kept swimming until I saw bouys on my left. I sight pretty damn good. I did some sighting off of others but not much. Glad I stayed far right because everyone else said they had to make a hard rigt at the bouys to get back on course. I pushed hard and felt good.

Nothing.

Great transition. In and out. Wetsuit came off easily and I ran with the shoes on the pedals and jumped on and pedaled all the way up the hill before I put them on.

nothing

Decent bike. I didn't push until the second lap. Funny because I was slower the second lap. Well all was good except when I had to stop on a hill to adjust my rear brake and then the damn chain falls off. So that cost me a minute. I was a minute slower on the second loop. Did I say it was hilly. Only had a few guys go by me. Played tag with another guy most of the ride but he caught me on the run and beat me. Felt good and not to hard of a pace. I wanted to have a good run. I ate one gel and 1 bottle of gatorade. I think this was not enough and it came back to haunt me on the run. I was slow on the up hills and fast on the downhills. I needed more hill work for sure.

More hill work.

Fastest in my agegroup.

nada

I started fine just chugging along. Got to mile 1 af 6:45, perfect. Felt good. Kept going. Got to mile 3 at the turn and the wheels flat fell off. Everyone was passing me and I had bonked. Not enough calories on the bike. Damn me. My leggs were just done! Worst 10k run for me ever. never seen 7 minute mile pace before! Lesson learned.

Eat more on the bike.

Ate and drank a ton and felt better immediately! Went and found me kids at the lake and waited for Michele to finish.


Not enough hill work and not enough calories


Good competition! I liked that. That's about all I can say. THe parking was horrible, the aid stations had 2 people at one of them. No mile markers anywhere on the course. No gatorade on the run course, only water. But it was fun to see everyone and to go to a big time race. The top 10 guys in my agegroup were all 2:04 or below! Fun race though. Just not well organized for a National Championship!