Festival of Flowers Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Well, I got lost with many other swimmers because of the sun but once past the first bouy, my navigation was right on and I was able to take more strokes before sighting. I would have taken even more but I was a little gun shy from being so far L of the first turn bouy. Reading the other race reports you can tell it was a common theme. I had to foolw the crowd because I could not see past them anyway.
I wanted to be faster but considering the navigation SNAFU and run up the beach I actually feel goood about the slow swim time.

Start R of the L hand turn bouy

Not a bad transition, no socks. Looking at all the people who beat me, my transition time was good.

Some things were good, never red-lined but I don't think my legs could have pushed harder and still run 6 miles afterward. This was a race to test the distance and the ride distance was not a factor. I ride the hills great but can't keep the speed on the flats. Able to talk to riders while riding.

Had to stop to put on shoes. About 20miles is the max I can ride without socks, as I learned during the ride. I also had to tie my shoes as I left my usual race shoes with Yankz at home.

Differnt shoes.

Several times I wanted to stop running but overall it was a good run. I have not raced a 10K in years although I've had some runs of this length or longer this Spring.My knees made it!

Nothing.

Cooled off in water tent. After driving home I self massaged my legs and feel pretty good today.


Just not strong enough on the bike, it's not the lungs, its the legs. I also need to do more swim speed work. This was a practice race for this distance so I'm glad I did not push too hard. I want to really push it at Greenville.


I'll do it again next year. Other then the swim directly into the rising sun, the lake is a great swim and the full distance cannot be seen from shore so it is less intimidating. Well marked, roads a little rough for long stretches. Nice rolling bike ride, no serious hills. I liked the lay out of the run because mile ~3.5 to 5 is a rolling straightaway and you can see the turn for the last mile into the park where it's mostly downhill and shaded.