Mooseman Triathlon Festival - International Distan - TriathlonOlympic

This was definitely my best swim in a race and probably one of my better open water swims period. My wave was fairly small and I didn't have much problem navigating around other people. I was able to do the crawl from the start and found myself a nice open area on the inside. The only trouble I had sighting was when I rounded the turn buoy; it took me a couple minutes to find the next one. By the halfway point the next wave started catching up and swimming over me but I stuck to my breathing every 2-3 strokes and stayed on course really well. I got a side cramp a little past the halfway point which has never happened before but it didn't really bother me and went away before I reached the shore.

I got my arm stuck in my wetsuit b/c I had my cap and goggle in my hand but the wetsuit stripper helped with that. I couldn't get clipped into my pedals (I think because of the mud I picked up in transition) so I started the bike using my heels.

Take the top of my wetsuit off before taking my goggles and cap off. I forgot to put my number on until I was halfway out of transition but I think next time I might wait to put it on til the run b/c it kind of bothered me on the bike.

I thought I was taking it easy but that was one of my fastest bikes ever, I think because of all the downhills. My quads were tired at the start but I actually felt better further into the ride. After Devil's Hill where I was in my lowest gear and still standing up the rest of the hills felt relatively easy. I don't think I hit my brakes at all until about mile 23. The bike was a little lonely but overall I enjoyed myself. I had a peanut butter crackers right off the bat and then ate half of my pb&j at 45 mins and the other half at an hour and half. I drank about 16oz of gatorade.

I ate the second half of the sandwich too close to the end of the ride. Maybe try some of the hills in a higher gear, I kind of meandered up them.

I had a quick drink of water and opted to stick my gel in my pocket rather than eat it right then.

Rack my bike forwards instead of taking the time to get it under the rack and hang it by the seat.

My stomach didn't feel to hot, I think I ate the last half of my sandwich too late in the bike, so I skipped my gel and stuck to drinking water. I started out too fast and had to slow down after the first mile. I enjoyed the run but I was rather warm and spent too much time focusing on my stomach and worrying about my shins. This was the farthest I have run since early March.

Start out slower. Train more.

Had a bottle of water and some watermelon.


Lack of run training. No one to push me on the bike.


It was a beautiful day and a fun, well-organized and pretty course. This was the first race I've done that started on time and seemed well organized throughout.