Accenture Chicago Triathlon - Olympic Distance - TriathlonOlympic

Very crowded swim start, I started way at the back, which may not have been the best idea. Other than that the swim went pretty well given my lack of swimming ability. Only gulped lake water once or twice, I also stopped once to clear my goggles. I didn't seem to be steering well, which is weird considering how narrow the course is.

Considering the size of the transition area, I am happy with this time. Only problem was not noticing my two gels had fallen off my bike.

Pretty happy with this, the wind was blowing pretty hard heading north, but it did help coming back south. As others have said, tons of bikes, tons of trash from folks hitting bumps. Only had one or two close calls, but the real killer was not having my gels, the loss in nutrition is one of the contributors to my run time, I think.

Again, pretty happy with my transition. But, I could tell even heading to run out that I was pretty spent.

Ugh. I was able to run the first mile, but could tell it wasn't going to be a good day. I was aiming to complete the run in less than an hour, but just felt like I had nothing left. Maybe lack of nutrition, maybe lack of sleep, I don't know. Regardless, lots of good course support, and the cheers coming in to the finish were great!

Loved the iced towel, got a bagel and waited for my sister to finish.


Lack of sleep, lack of nutrition.


It was pretty cool to do a race this large, and the organizers did a great job considering the number of entrants. But, I think I would prefer to stick to smaller events, the logistics are just too crazy.