Oshkosh Triathlon - Olympic Distance - TriathlonOlympic

Well..... I felt like one of the dominant swimmers out there- and believe me I am NOT a dominant swimmer. People were pretty much all over the place- you could touch bottom the entire way (which is super nice for the first timers) and people were. I got kicked in the stomach pretty hard once and was glad I could touch the bottom so I stopped and made sure I could still breathe!! I passed people in the swim- ME? Not that great of a swim- but this was my first Olympic- so dont have much to compare it with. I sure felt comfortable.

Not forget my goggles. Push harder.

OK transition I guess.... I decided I wanted to wear my garmin so putting that on took a few seconds. Wetsuit came off OK

nothin'

Finally I hit 20 mph on the bike. I am pretty sure I could have rode harder too.... I always have that run in the back of my mind though.. although I really dont think it was effected much. I had FUN on the bike too- passed a lot of people:) I was riding back and forth with these two guys for most of the race. One guys was in front of me at the aid station and grabbed a gatorade bottle and dropped it so NICE old me grabs another for him... Good Karma I figure. So he thanks me and I say "well keep riding hard so I can have a decent bike split" he says- "heck- Im pacing myslef off you!" funny so we stay together til "I" get yelled at by a draft marshal...."you have 25 seconds to pass or get back" yeesh- wasnt even drafting- but I pulled back a lot- as they rode by like 5 more times. Legs felt good the whole time- nice ride.

go faster of course :)

Not sure what took so long... I did have to actually tie my shoes... I think its those speed laces that make my feet hurt?

go faster!! I do need to practice the whole keeping your shoes on the bike thing- I am just not all that graceful.

Well I said I better run this in sub 8:00s- very close I gotta say:) Just not running that well lately... My legs felt OK- I just couldnt find my stride. Saw my biking buddy- well running obviuously wasnt his strong point- so I encouraged him on the way out and back in. Afterwards he thanked me and said I was one of the nicest and fastest (woman) triathletes he had met :) And that everyone should have good sportsmanship like me. :)
Anyway- just kept running even though I felt hot and barfy. Only 6.2 miles. I Strong finish again though.

Run fatser... really I KNOW I am a faster runner then i have been showing lately- just need to get my crap together and run

Walked around- got my print out- almost flipped when I saw I was first in my AG... thought I would need low 2:30s for that. SWEET!! Ill take it... nice trophy too :)
I met jmwebs finally too!!


nothing- I have done two HIM this year and am doing a third next weekend, so I didnt do much of a taper. This distance should have been pretty easy for me.


I did the sprint last year and the olympic this year- so must be an OK race!!