The Austin Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

They changed the swim from what it was originally supposed to be, they just pushed the turn around to the west a little. Overall this was a good swim course although for some reason it did seem l;ike it went on forever. The water seemed a little cool at first since I did not have a wetsuit, but after the first couple hundred meters it was actually quite nice. For most of the swim I felt like I was all alone. It was a pretty good swim I just tried to stay long and efficient to stay on my pace plan.

Maybe push it a little harder on the swim. My plan was to hold off a little on the swim to save energy for the bike and run. This was my first olympic distance race and I did not want to spend myself on the swim and then pay for it on the bike and run.

Like everyone else has said it was a pretty long run form the water to the bike racks. I was kind of lucky though due to my age group and had a rack that was only three away from the bike out. Overall this was a good transition it was nice to run on grass, but there were a few patches of mud in thetransition area, but that could not be helped due to some rain the night before.

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The first lap I started out on the small ring and just spun until I hit the first turn point at the top off the hill on congress. When I started down I switched to the big ring and started to let it fly. I continued the rest of the first lap at a high cadence and not pushing too hard just trying to get the lay of the land for the next two laps. The first lap was nice, because being the third wave to start the course was nice and empty. At the start of the second lap the course was starting to get a little more crowded, however it never got too crowded. Started to push the second lap a little more but still not too hard, at the end of the second lap sucked down and e-gel. Made the turn for the third lap and really just let it out, by this time the course was pretty crowded and there was quite a bit of three and four wide. This was an awesome course I heard a lot of people say that they hope that CAPTEX will adopt this course next year. I really had a blast on this coure it had a good mix of hills and flats, and the section going north on congress with the downhill was sweet to just drop the hammer and fly.

I was pretty happy with my bike. I felt good for the most part, and finished the all the water in the aero bottle plus a gel, and 3/4 of my e-fuel.

Coming into tranisition there was a fairly long run on asphalt, and there were some portions with pebbels that kinda hurt. Again the luck of the draw with my age group had me in a great rack position right near the bike finish.

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This was a great run course too. This is where I need to do a little work, overall though I am happy with the run. Pace was good for both laps, and there were plenty of aid stations available for water and accelerade. The cold sponges down near the J&A turnaround were awesome. The squirt gun people were cool too.

Need to train more on the run

Walked around and met a bunch of people. Ate some free pizza and drank a ton of water.


This is my third triathlon and they have all been the Jack and Adams sponsoed ones that are part of the Texas Tri Series. J&A's really hosts a great race and the atmosphere is outstanding. This was the innagural Austin Triathlon and it was a great race. The weather turned out to be perfect, and the race was well organized and on time. The courses for all three sports were well thought out and really fun. The were a ton of volunteers that were friendly and did a great job, as is the norm for a J&A's race. The live music on the course and at the finish line was great, as were all the sponsor tents. Overall this was an awesome race and I would highly recommend it to anyone thinking of doing it next year, this will become a classic Austin race.