Mooseman Triathlon Festival - International Distance - TriathlonOlympic

I decided to start out at the back of my wave (2nd) and on the right side. Felt great the entire swim & most of the time let others sight for me and just kept feet and bubbles in site. One thing though...I forgot to take off my wedding band and I almost lost it at the bottom...woops. Had to stop for about 5 seconds, tread water and switch it to my middle finger so it wouldn't fall off.

I Never got out of breath or muscle tightness. I was drafting behind this one guy for a while and actually slowed down just a little at times to stay behind him. Did 2 stroke breathing to the left side the entire way.

I was very Happy with my swim.

Nothing.

thanks SNowgirl for one fantastic swim Challenge!

One thing I should practice a bit. Shirt got stuck on wet body. I took too long trying to get sand and bark mulch off my feet (note use water tub).

I did try the roll down sock method and that did help.

Practice these

I just had a new blackbur computer installed the other day and worked fine night before the race.

I run out of transition mount the bike and can't get my left foot to clip into the pedal, I almost run off the pavenent and nearly crash in the first 15 seconds and then when I get started I notice my computer isn't working...I hit several buttons nothing...Everything zero's. Not what I wanted, will just have to ride by feel.

Want to take the first 4.8 miles easy get the legs going and then climb Devils hill. The pavement was pretty bad the first 3 miles or so and I hit a pot hole hard in the first mile, but no damage. got to Devils hill and big truck going up the Hill with hazard lights on and not a lot of room on the side and conjested, about 6 people walking bikes up and about 20 others rideing up. I rode up about 8/10ths and not moving fast at all decided I would save a bit of energy and clipped out walked up the steepeset part and then remounted. My walking wasn't much slower than those riding and I caught them on the downhill that followed. I wasn't proud that I had to walk, but I could tell my heart was at red line mode and being first OLY would conserve a bit of energy.

This course was much hillier than I had expected and really took a lot out of me. I couldn't get a good rythem going, up a hill, down, back up, short flat, another hill. All the other hills weren't any trouble but i didn't try to kill myself either, slow steady spinning and several times i said to myself "Wish I had the road bike with the triple" I was having fun and thanked all the volunteers out there (except for Max, as for some reason I didn't see him at the corner. I was passed by lots of people out there and only passed about 5 people. I was courtious enough to say great job, or looking good to many that passed me on the uphills.
I did push it the last 7.31 miles and would pay for that during the run.

Funny thing was when I got back to my bike after the run...I had a FLAT which must have happened in transition.

Lose 15 - 20 pounds.

Take in more nutrition, I drank plenty of water, but only had 2 cliff shots the entire ride. Dumb!

thanks Mike, Tomo and Hot Tamale for the hill rides we did. I will be down to do some more.

Not bad, but could have been quicker. I needed to get some water as I was over heating. My biggest mistake was changing shirts I biked in the one you see in my Avatar which was perfect witha zipper and nice mesh, but for some stupid reason took the time to change into a mostly black and some red Under Armour shirt. Took some time to change and I was so HOT...on that run.

keep same shirt on.

Hear is where it becomes very intersting. I started off the first 1/4 mile feeling strong and refreshed. You run out of transition, onto the beach, through a bit of wooded trail & out onto shoreline drive around the lake. I slow continually but keep running for te first mile and with each step I can tell I am overheating. My shirt is black and I look at this gorgeous lake and just want to jump in and cool off (maybe I should have). Hit the water stop just past 1 mile mark and take in gatorade and water. Now I still feel overheated and continue to run but barely faster than I can walk...more like a slow shuffle. Walk for 10 seconds some where between mile 2 and 3 and get more gatorade and water at the BT stop. Not sure why but I drank the gatorade and poured the water over my head...felt good but made my shirt really heavy. ran down the hill to the turnaround and saw CathyG as I headed back up after stopping for more liquid at turn around station. Decent hill that I walked up and then back onto Shorline. My stomach is really starting to bother me and I can only run for about 10 seconds and then feel ill. Wlk for a few minutes and try again. No good and walked for about 3/4 - 1 whole mile. Saw Hot Tamale during this time and she was running strong. Glad too finally see her for the first time during today. After the walk which seemed to last forever I ran again, Fast for 30 seconds/walk for 30 seconds for a bit and then finally felt ok and ran the last 1/2 mile in.

This run was a struggle with the overheating, too much liquid sloshing in the stomach and the hills. the next one can only get better.

Not drink the gatorade...and not wear a black shirt. rookie mistakes I guess.

The hills on the bike took a lot out of me. I think we did about 1700 feet in climbing (I took Max's total and cut it in 1/2). sloshing stomach.


Good Race with nice organization.

thought I would finish 3:40 - 3:45 and I was right on target. Better than anticipated SWIM, average/or slightly below bike avererage and terrible run.

Special Thanks to my wonderful Wife who always supports and encourages me.

Thanks to all of my friends at RWOL & BT who keep me motivated, focused and entertained....you all Rock!

Tomo (Hey son!) and MIke, my new Tri coach starting Monday! You two are too much!!!

I had FUN and completed my First OLY and will use this for experience and learning lessons for my second.