Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Olympic - TriathlonOlympic

As this was a TT type start we went into the warmup corral about 7:42. I thought I was 820 but there was another guy who was 820. No 821 in line. I went at 821 spot. Ny number was actually 802. I thought my swim went pretty well, I liked the TT start. Not sure if my swim time was affected by my screw up. 100 yd pace was 2:03, if I subtract 57 seconds for my delayed start my 100 yd pace is 2:00. Results list 100 meter pace. I did get a slight cramp in left calf about 2/3 of way thru swim, same as Buffalo.

Know your race number!! I had 820 on my arm cause that's what I told them at marking, my number was 802. Stupid!!

T1 was long due to size of TA. I was 4/44 in AG, 193/1089 overall so I guess it was good. I got wetsuit off faster than normal, no sticking on ankles. I had a little trouble getting going on bike, details are already foggy but one of my bike shoes jammed on ground when I started with out with other foot on top of shoe. I guess it was lucky it stayed clipped in and I stayed upright. This has not been a problem before.

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I felt I pushed bike pretty hard but still came up just short of 20 mph. Was it the multiple corners and sharp turns? Not sure. It seemed I was over 20 mph most of the time (when I was able to look). Lots of volunteers on bike course and we always knew of sharp turns. By the time I ran it was windy but I didn't notice wind too much on bike course.

Get faster so I can get into low 20's mph pace.

T2 also went well, 7/44 AG & 180/1089 overall.

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Not too bad at first but dtill didn't feel I had my running legs till about 1.5 miles in. I paced off of a guy for the 1st loop but passed him at the Y intersection for loop 2 and finish. I ran 2nd leg faster, so I think it was because I sped up rather than him slowing down. Last 100 yards I was pushing and had terrible side stitch. Would have liked my run time to be closer to 7:00-7:15 pace.

I've been racing w/o a watch, going off of feel. I know on my road races I wear my Garmin and knowing pace helps motiviate and keep me on track. I'll have to see about using new Garmin bike/wrist mount for races.

Hard to even stand upright with side stitch but it only lasted for a minute or so. Grabbed some food and drink, found Barb and rested. Barb was giving direction to Bob & Kay, who I had seen crossing bridge just after 4 mile mark. Talked to Harvey & Bill from RochesterTri, nice to wear our kits at the races.


Compared to Buffalo my race times were about the same, somewhat disappointed in run pace 7:13 to 7:26 drop. I was hoping to knock off 4-5 minutes. As this was only my 2nd Oly distance I'm still satisfied. Decent AG rank. I now know I can handle the distance, need to work on actually racing and improving time.


I definitely don't like TA closing so long before race start but I understand in a race this big they have little choice. I guess I'm not a fan of huge races like this one based on my still limited experience. I may do Lifetime again but it's not a race I plan on doing every year.