Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

I thought I had a great swim. Same course as last year, and I came in at 20 min flat, was expecting about a 20 min swim again. Felt great starting out, sighted very well, passed a ton of poeple. Nice steady effort throughout, never really killed myself, but was going comfortably hard. I was very disappointed when I got out and saw 25 min on the watch. Overall, everybody's times were much slower than last year, so I guess the current was much less than the last couple of years, but again, I was really expecting a 21 min swim at worst. I was very pleased with my swim though, as I sighted well, had a consistent effort, only got passed by a couple of people that I could tell, and drafted off those when I could.

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Good T1. Miminal problems with socks. Everything went smooothly

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Overall I thought I did well. I passed a ton of people on the hills and felt sronger as we went. THe last few hills I really did well, passing some riders and dropping others that I had been leapfrogging the whole time

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very smoothly, no problems

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I had a decent run, not great. I knew the first mile would be tough, and I wasn't upset with a 7:51. The next 2 miles were pretty consistent, too. At the turnaround, I was strating to feel it, though. After passing the 5 mile mark, there is a short very steep hill that killed me for the 3rd year in a row. I walked up it and then ran slowly back in the rest of the way

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walked around awhile. found the girls, and ate some pizza and cookies


The new course was good, great support and tons of volunteers. Finally, this year, a nice t shirt that I will actually wear