Blue Lake Olympic Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Felt really good in the swim, I hit my target time right on the nose and I'm very happy with the result. It was COLD though.

Wear full sleeve for anything under 70 degree water temp.

This is a very long entry into and out of t1. But still this is slow for me. I felt really dizzy and I was freezing so it was hard getting my shoes and socks on and suit off then helmet.

Wear full sleeve wet suit. transition was set up great, but I was really cold and dizzy so it made my transition slower. Maybe could have run faster out of t1?

Bike felt good. Fast. Again didn't want to go all out bc of the run coming up but still felt like I rode hard. Feet were frozen solid and really couldn't feel them. That may have hampered power to the pedals? Who knows, I was pretty happy since I wanted a 1:07-1:09 bike split.

maybe ride a little bit harder bc the run was pretty good afterwords.

I wanted to be a little faster here. I should have been around 2 mins. Don't know what happened. Maybe I didn't run fast enough into transition area bc once I racked I was out of there. Still my feet were frozen making running very hard!

Again didn't know how fast I could go after all the other splits, but I followed my race plan perfectly. Got my legs back in miles 1 and 2, then started to pick it up in miles 3 and 4 and turned it on in miles 5 and 6. Didn't feel my feet until mile 3. That hurt. I thought I had a rock in my shoe but it was feeling coming back on my heel. I am very happy with this run since I wanted to do in 50 mins.

I think try and run a little faster, I am totally capable of running 7:30's for 6.2 miles. That would have made a huge difference.

Walking around chatting with friends at the finish.


cold, uncertainty of effort over the distance so I metered my pace accordingly.


This is one of the best races there are in terms of organization and volunteers. The volunteers are so fun and helpful. It was a great race for the season opener. Since this is Tri NW team club championships, I was very happy for my top 10 finish!!! It is more than I expected!