Patanella's Lumpy Pancake Olympic Tri - TriathlonOlympic

Terrible swim,just couldnt get into a rhythm. Got stung by a jellyfish twice and had to deal with foggy goggles. The course could have used some more buoys.

More time in the pool and open water. Not get stung by jellyfish.

Pretty average T1, nothing special.

Be smoother and faster

Decent bike leg, would have liked to push the pace but my legs still felt a little flat.

More time in the saddle and technique work.

Dismount was great and got into the transition area quickly. Overshot my spot by a couple bikes.

A little more work on being smoothe.

Good pace, ran myself up a few spots and ran into 2nd place in the age group. Legs got going and felt good, was able to push a decent pace. Lack of experience at this distance made pacing interesting.

More speed work.

Light jogging and stretching, then walking to course to jockstrap for some friends.


Lack of knowledge and experience at this race distance, and bad weeks leading up to the race.


Good volunteers and post race. Transition rack mates were less than nice. I came back to my bike before swim start and found my bike moved and the brake lever moved over a bit (thankfully it was easily fixed). Also, my aerodrink was empty, luckily i had an extra bottle. I'm not sure I'll do this race again next year, but it wasnt terrible.