MTCC Garden City Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

This was my first OLY, and my first large group in OWS. I could have done it faster, but I didn't want to get too tired. Cut my hand on some reeds at the first buoy; felt like a paper cut.

I wish I had done it faster. I know I can, I was just relaxing and enjoying the swim.

Took my time to make sure I had everything I needed.

I guess I could have hurried.

Would love to see this bike course changed to just one direction. There were four 180 turns around cones. Also, I was bleeding like crazy from my fingers for the first 12 miles. The turn-around volunteers had no radios. HUH? Had to yell to Dawn and Pat for a bandaid, but by the time I passed them again the bleeding had mostly stopped. Pat made a great hand off with the band aid!

I think I would try to maintain my cadence in a higher gear. I really didn't push very hard on this ride.

Over the winter I will learn to run faster.

Gasped for breath, got dizzy, blurred vision, etc. Used my inhaler, got a 10-minute rub down on my back and neck from Joyce, the friend I stayed with. She is a massage therapist. She wasn't working at the race, but lives only 50 yards from the park.


I used my newer water bottle instead of my old one, and I couldn't take in as much water with it. This led to worse hydration than I had planned for.

I ran the race I had planned, so I'm pretty happy with the result.


I was really surprised that the volunteers had no radios, and astounded that there wasn't water at the run turn around. The post-race food, the t-shirt/schwag, etc were sub-par. Maybe I am just spoiled by the Bitterroot Classic???