The Nation's Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

After getting kicked in the face to start, resetting my goggles, the swim was great for me. When I did the first turn my time was around 12 minutes. I was thinking I could get close to a 30 minute swim, which I had set as my ideal. Coming back down had to slow down for sighting, the sun made it difficult to find the next buoy.

I was very happy with my swim, need to get away from people faster, always had someone around me, and either he or I wasn't swimming completely straight, because there would be contact every few minutes.

Had previously setup flip-flops to get from water to transition, grabbed them and started running, then stopped to put them on. Stuffed down a gel, drank some, and used the time to reset.

Decide on flip flops, use body glide, do the gel on the bike.

Started out and went straight to the areo's. The flat course is great for putting your head down and going hard. Had 2 gels, and half a bottle of poweraid. Got a small cramp about half way through, needed to work it out so I could get a decent run.

Drink more, eat less. Overall really enjoyed the bike. I had moved my seat into a more aero geometry, had not trained with this; not sure if it helped or hurt.

This transition was good, again downed some fluids.

Start to do more advanced transition techniques

The first mile was hard, more bricks in my future. Felt very bloated on the run, Every time I would try to speed up, the cramp would start to show its face. So I had to find a balance where I could go the whole 6.2 without the cramp.

Run train all winter to improve base. More brick workouts. Figure out how to not get the bloated feeling.

Met up with family and friends. Consumed Cytomax, water, PBJ and banana. Enjoyed the massage.


Bloating and stomach cramping, had to pull back to prevent it from getting worse




The mile markers where not on the course, and we were not given information that the water stations where at mile markers, this made it hard to pace.