Blue Water Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

First tri with a full wet suit, kinda of nice to use the Helix in a race. Jumped on a pair of feet before the first buoy, and followed pretty much the entire way, but picked up the pace towards the end and worked it harder. Kinda of surprised by the current which affected my time a bit and I didn't go out hard enough.

Work the swim harder, could've gained some more time here.

Good T1, stopped and put the socks on as usual and took off. Had a great rack right near the bike out which helped make it quick. No issues with the full suit, Suit Juice seems to make this easy.

First race on clinchers. The Neuvation wheels worked well, but I couldn't get any of the magnets I had around home to work on the flat bladed spokes, so no speedo for me. Thought my time would've been a few minutes faster, but I haven't done a ton of riding lately so it went well. Roads were in great shape and volunteers and sheriff deputies did a great job blocking the one major crossing where I sailed through on both the out and back. Slight wind out of the NNW, which helped me drop 5.5 minutes on the return leg. There was a decent hill towards the turn around that I didn't expect, but enjoyed the ride down.

Used aero drink for water, and carried one bottle to refill aero drink, took in some Hammer Gel on two occasions and also took 2 endurolytes on two occasions. This all worked well.

Not much

First race with Zoot shoes which helped give me my fastest T2 time ever.

Nothing

Run felt good overall and I have a new 10 K PR, of course I got passed by two guys in my AG. The course was nice and I enjoyed the section along the river and under the bridge. Glad the clouds were still out as it was quite humid and could've become quite sticky if the sun would've came out.



I didn't have enough in the tank to catch up to the guy in front of me, but I ran the best run of any tri by far and felt pretty good. I went out wanting to break 50, with the hope of sub 48 which I managed. Not sure I could've done any better.

Walked around a bit with the wife and got stuff out of transition. Waited around to see how other BT'ers did.


Should've put more effort into swim, I left time there, otherwise it was a great race.


This is a great venue for a race, being on a Great Lake is a big bonus for me. The overall course lay out was great! The after race pizza was BAD! Not sure why cold pizza is the choice. After seeing some other races this year, it would be nice if they had a meal ticket and handed out some subs or sandwiches, and allow family members to purchase a ticket at the event.