Western States Police and Fireman Olympics - TriathlonOlympic

I SWAM the entire leg. No backstroke/no 02 debt, I was still really slow, but I wasn't last-and I actually get to pass someone towards the end. The second half was so much fun because i KNEW I was doing sooo much better than before.

I have all winter to get faster. And i shall

Chip Timing was iffy-so no T1 time but it wasn't bad. Had a HELL of a time getting clipped into my shoes at the start. Had to stop and dap a foot to get situated. However the worst problem was several minutes away...

I hope to race some cyclecross this fall-I need work on my flying mounts.

Landscapers had aerated the soil causing millions of 'plugs' of dirt laying on the wet ground. During T1, Several of these found their way into my front fork crown-I discovered this about 300 yrds into the bike leg when the bike was noticiably dragging on a downhill. I knew I couldn't/shouldn't put my hand through the FRONT of the fork (lest my whole hand get sucked into the wheel), but I thought I could ease my fingers through the BACK of the fork. GREAT idea until my right middle finger made contact with the tire and tore away a sizeable hunk of flesh. After much cursing, I was forced to stop along the road, spray the area with my water bottle and use an allen wrench to free the mud. That all cost me precious time. I was really psyched about my swim and wanted to push the bike a bit harder than normal.

Ride More in training. My mixture of Heed/Perp on the bike was a bit too strong and my gut was getting upset. Need to water this down a bit more if I'm going to continue to use a gel every 35-40 min.

Tried to get feet out of shoes before T2-this worked, but when i ran with the bike my shoes kept slapping the ground and my shoe strap got stuck in the chain.

Seemed like i took FOREVER to get my shoes/socks on and tied.

Nothin-I felt like I was faster with feet on top of shoes. I have plans for a cheap pair of tri-shoes next season, so maybe i can do better. Also, running shoes have orthotics in them and they slipped out of place, so I had to sit down and fix them before tying my shoes.

Guts were still upset from the Heed/perp mix on the bike. I knew I had to keep drinking to hydrate and dilute the stuff in the stomach. It was warm, but not so hot that dehydration was a concern. Forget (again) to stretch in T2, but did stop for a second during first 1/2 mile and stretched quads/hammies.

Run went well. Stayed loose. I need new shoes.

Felt pretty good about the race, so i was pretty eleated. chatted with other racers and drank some water/gatoraid


Lack of training miles on the bike and I need more speedwork on the run.


After i saw my swim time-everything else was icing on the cake. I wanted to improve from my time 2 weeks ago and i did. By a whopping 38 minutes. I have every intention of doing triathlons on a regular basis.