Land Between the Lakes Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

Started in middle near the front. A little congestion early but not too bad. No real problems around 1st buoy, better around 2nd. Never really got into a good, consistent rythym but was never way out of whack either.

Breathing was OK but could be better.

I have to remember to use a nose clip. About 6-8 hours after an OWS I start to get congested. About 10-12 hours after OWS my sinuses are completed blocked. Sleeping the noght after a race is very difficult.

Better at getting out of wetsuit than last year. !st time using biking shoes and had practiced leaving shoes clipped in. Practice paid off, no real problems running barefoot and starting bike on top of shoes and getting feet into shoes and strapped in. I was committed to trying this for this tri and it went fairly well.

DON'T LOSE GOGGLES. Somehow after race my goggles were missing. I have a picture of me getting out of water, I have them in my hand (a mistake as I think about it, should slide them down neck.) I know I used 2 hands to get top of wetsuit off, no idea what I did with my goggles.

I wanted to use a higher cadence, last year I mashed. My cadence ws not registering on my computer. Must have been due to all the rain on the way to the race, it worked OK afterwards. I did stay in middle front cog and used a higher cadence than in the past but would have been nice to know exactly how I was doing.

Need to find a better combination of gears/cadence. Bike time was down from last year but legs did feel better on run, and run results verified this. I need to use the higher cadence but utilize lower gears at opportune times. Need to get over 20 mph.

A liitle higher than last year but only a few seconds and last year did not have to switch shoes. Using elastic laces and having them set was good. No socks was new.

Not much

Felt really strong on run and results verified. I passed quite a few and outsprinted Ed last 200 yds. Very pleased to be under 7 minute pace, higher cadence on bike must be part of it but run training is paying off. Towards the end I considered peeing on run but never did. Did not feel water logged or anything, just kind of had to go. Wore hat on run for 1st time.

Not much here...

Hit bathroom, grabbed water and food. Hung out with our Rochester Tri Club group. Out of 12 at race, 7 placed, a great showing.


I can do better on bike


I'll be back.