Soma Quarterman Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

The swim was good for me. I actually came out of the water right about 18:30, but the timer for the t1 wasn't until you entered into transition which was quite a jog from the water. I felt good on the swim. I didn't really run into anyone until the end when I got blocked off by a couple of the slower people from the Half Ironman. There was a perfect space between these two people and as was about to go through they pintched me off and I practically had to stop.

I think I needed to stay focused a litte more and push harder.

This went really well I thought. I got my suit off faster than normal. The only issue was leaving transition. I got bottle necked behind some of the slower people from the HIM. They were nearly as excited to get to the bike as I must have been.

I don't know. It went smooth.

This is where I need the most work. I just don't have the muscle in my legs to go the speed of a lot of these guys. I got passed by 4 people or more in my age group. I tried to stay with them, but I just couldn't hang. But for me this was really good and to average over 21 on that course with so many turns was great.

Train more on the bike.

This transition went well also. I took a little longer than I should have since I decided to run with my fuel belt, which probably was the better choice anyways.

Nothing.

The run was the biggest suprise of the day. I was trying to keep up with this guy that was about 50 yds in front of me the entire run. It really helped me push. I think my fastest mile split was a 6:50. I was very happy with that. I was able to catch every guy in my age group that passed me on the bike.

Nothing, this was a really good run for me.

Walked around a lot. Drank my recoverite. I felt fine until I ate the Monti's food and then my stomach was a mess for the next 3 hours.


The swim I was not really pushing as hard as I could. The bike, I don't seem to have the leg strength built up as a lot of the guys in the top of my age group.


This was a good race. There were a couple major issues that made me not rate it higher. First, the organization of the bike course and the volunteer directing the trafic of the first loop of the quarter, started mentioning the shorter turn that we were going to do on the second loop and that made a few people cake the short loop on the first loop.
Second, the Monti's food tasted fine, but made me feel pretty crappy after.