Scofield Triathlon - Triathlon

Swim - the water was great. At the starting line, I tried to get a good position, and tried following some feet, but couldn't find any that had a good pace for me.. either too fast or too slow. I felt like there were two packs of swimmers - the fast guys, and the rest of us. I was behind the fast pack, but since I tried to get out of the starting line hard, I was in front of the rest of the pack.. I felt like a lone swimmer most the time, and I didn't draft at all. The loops were fine, and I love open water swims, I found my rhythm, and felt like I swam hard. I wish the swims were longer because its my strongest event.

Find some people to draft off of! Push it harder to stay with the "Fast pack".

Transition - It was ok, I had a pretty good bike position, pretty close to the bike mount area... As I came out to the mount area, I got one foot in, but then had to kind of hop up to a flat area where the port-a-pottys were to be able to get the other foot in completely and then make it up the hill.


Run up to the flat area and then get on my bike there because I wasted time hoping up to the flat area.

Push it harder!

Transition - It was pretty fast for me, I just slipped on my shoes and was out the door.

Run - I was following the girl that ended up winning the oly distance, and I tried to stay with her coming out of the transition and up onto the road ... that lasted for about 1/2 mile.. and then she was gone. It took me maybe 1.5 miles to get my legs going, but once they did, I felt great. I got water at most stations, just to get my mouth wet and pour it on my head.

Finish line - It was fun. There were some great cheerers which helped me sprint to the finish.

As for my first olympic distance - It was really great. I think this is the distance for me, and I'm happy about that because I'm signed up for the Jordanelle oly distance... so I'm pumped, and I want to try to train hard for it.