Boulder Peak Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Second time doing open water swim. It felt good. I didn't try to get to the front of the wave; just started in the back and worked my way forward when I could. The sun made it kind of difficult to see the first bouy, so I got off track a few times. I set a personal goal of under 27 min for the swim, so I was very happy.

Nothing

My friend and I decided that we would do the race together, so I waited in the transition area for him to finish his swim.

Old Stage was difficult, but not nearly as hard as I remember when I tried a practice run about a month ago. The rest of the race was just a good time. Not terribly difficult, but I didn't push myself either.

Push harder. Drink more.

Again, my friend and I tried to stay together, so even though we finished the bike at the same time, I waited while he hit the port-a-john.

I hit the wall here big time. I've never been a runner, but I didn't think that I would do this poorly. A stand alone 10k I can usually finish in 56 min, so I thought that finishing in under 1:05 would be a good possibility. I felt good starting off the run, but quickly realized that I didn't drink enough during the bike. I was so hot that I stupidly would dump the water I got at the aid stations over my head to cool off rather than drinking it. Probably by this point it was too late anyway. I made it to about mile four and then had nothing left. I walked/jogged the final two miles and became more and more disgusted with myself with each step.

Drink more, train more in the run.

Jump into Boulder Res and swam out to the docks. This was the best part of the day as the cool water was exactly what I needed.


Dehydration, run training


Very disappointed as this was the first tri that I had registered for and was intended to be my first tri ever. After four months of somewhat regular training, I was hoping to do better.