Bun Berri Classic Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Course was great but conditions were the worst I have seen in 14 years.
I started swimming and couldn't breathe the water was that cold. Everytime I took a breathe I got smashed by a wave and swallowed water.
If I didn't have a wetsuit, I would have drowned!
This is not my best leg and it was my 1st Olympic Distance race, despite all this my swim wasn't tooooo bad.

More open water swimming and generally more swimming training in general.
Maybe some lube under my wetsuit, I got some serious chaffing in 2 places.
Don't drink salt water, its not good for you.

Transitions have always been a good thing for me, always nice and smooth.
I use a bright towel so I know where my bike is.

Probably nothing.

On my first lap, my cleat came loose on my shoe, not something I generally check before a race. After fixing my shoe it took me 2 laps to get into a rhythm. After the swim, I hurt in the stomach, probably from drinking too much salt water. The rest of the bike went well, found it a little hard in the head wind.

Include my cleats as part of my pre-race check up.

Again all good here, if only the rest of my race went this well.

By the time I hit the run I had turned this race into a training event.
I started running ok, but kept getting caught by this old guy, I figured I was not going to redeem myself here, so I may as well keep him company.

I did find the run fairly easy, but I didn't exactly go hard out.

Lunch at Barbados followed by a few post-race drinks.


Making the move from Sprint to Olympic, I took this race a bit too easy as I didn't want to burn out. I felt great physically afterwards.


It is one of the best venues I have raced, I will be back next year with a time to smash to bits.