The Austin Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

I liked having a wetsuit. The deep water start did not bother me as I had done that at Marble Falls. I had a severe problem veering off course to the left. It was a clockwise swim out and back, basically. On the way out, I was able to stay realtively close to other swimmers. This probably helped me a bit with my sighting and speed. My turn around the bouy was basically treading water so that really slowed me down. I need to work on that. On the way back, I was following the shore but the course wasn't exactly parallel to the shore so I felt like I was way out to the left side the entire time. I was definitely swimming alone.

Sight better and work on not using breast stroke to do it. Even with the wetsuit, I felt like my legs got real heavy on the sighting.

I had a little trouble getting the suit off my left ankle even though I had used body glide. All in all, though, a 3.5 minute T1 with a wetsuit wasn't too upsetting.

Well, I had a flat so that cost me big amounts of time. It happened on the third lap. I was averaging somewhere around 20mph before that happened. I didn't look at my watch, but I think it must have taken at least 4 minutes to stop change and get back going.

not flat.

good T

I thought the run was good. I felt better the 2nd half which helped me finish strong. I had some minor cramps start to form at the beginning, but I ran through those and never felt them again. It was great to have my family encouraging me on both laps.

I'd probably try to push the pace a bit more. I felt like I had something left when the race was over which only tells me that I could have gone faster.

walked around, ate and talked.


the flat tire.


Really great event. I loved the course. Challenging but well organized and laid-out.