Loveland Lake to Lake - TriathlonOlympic

At the beginning I made a mistake by not looking for the yellow bouy. Then on the way back my sighting was awful and I zig zagged terribly.

map out the swim better before the race.

Work on better sighting when I'm tired.

It was ok, but I got passed a lot. My swim was the first wave, so all of the young bucks & speed demons passed me like I was standing still.

Coming out of the swim I had dead legs & then the false hills never gave me a break until almost mile 20. It was a push. Once I got a downhill I hammered pretty hard & made up some time.

pre ride (or at least drive) the course

I felt pretty comfortable on the run, although the pace isn't what I'd hoped for.



Be more familiar with the course. I thought the finish was the same place that it was for my wife's previous race, but they reconfigured it. So when I got toward the end (and kicked to the finish) I found out that I had another .25 miles to go.

I'm short.
I have lead in my ass.

I started triathlons at age 40 when I had no experience in swimming, biking or running.

I was new to the course and unfamiliar with it.

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It really was a wonderfully run event and I am tickled that I participated. The volunteers were everywhere & were always cheering us on. It was awesome!

There were tons of signs and volunteers directing everything. It was just a fabulous race in a beautiful setting!