Emmett's "Most Excellent" Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Didn't warm up at all-had to take daughter to LONG bathroom line. Was 'hurried' getting into water just before start. Immediately went in to O2 debt. Spent the next 1400 yrds trying to survive; backstroke, sidestroke, float, flounder anything. FINALLY got feeling better about 200 yrds from finsih. HORRIBLE!

Arrive earlier, leave kids at home (kidding), get into water and do some swimming.

Just wanted to be smooth and not forget anything. Hammer Gel before i left. Got feet wet before putting shoes on. I felt pretty good about T1.

Love to try having my shoes already on the bike, but maybe that will happen next year

Bike went OK. Really just wanted to save myself. I left a little bit on the course, not much, but i could do a wee bit better.

Aero bars are close, but not quite perfect. Extend bars out and put a 5mm spacer in to raise them up.

Spun a really fast cadence before T2-I really think that helped. Put socks on-that took a bit of time. Again, just wanted to be smooth and not forget anything. Hammer Gel before i left

Forgot to stretch out my legs before I left.

Didn't stretch in T2 so i was a bit tight. I felt pretty good, mentally, at this point so I was sorta coasting. Really started to feel the heat about now. Hammer gel in T2 kinda upset my gut a bit. I don't know If i would change eating it, but it did trouble me a tiny bit. Good aid stations with lots of misting/spraying. However, they did run out of water at one station and I needed it-so i picked up a half-drank bottle I found along the road and poured it into my mouth (didn't touch the bottle-gross, but effective)

Stretch a bit in T2 and run a bit harder. i was pretty fresh at the finish.

Looking for Betsy and Emmy. Ate a slice of pizza and a burrito.


Swim was just horrible, lack of specific training i.e. more speedwork.


I finished. I got a hugh bit of satisfaction knowing I finished a triathlon.