M.I.T. - Miami International Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Swim was good overall. No panic attack this time, Felt comfortable the entire time. I had to go back near the end because i apparently went the wrong way around the marker..not sure how 6 inches to the right is a huge difference but whatever-so lost a minute or two there. Also had to re-join the pack a few times, as I didn't sight and wound up off to the side. i was happy that i was passing people in the swim that started 3-4 waves ahead of me. So all that considered the swim went ok.

Practice sighting more, and concentrating during the race on my catch and pull. Felt it not go full a bunch of times because of other external things. need to stop that.

getting the wetsuit off was a pain. It got stuck on my lower legs so i lost some time there. Also took me a second to collect myself and make sure my helmet was buckled before unracking etc... Definately need to work on this transtion.

get the suit off quicker, start learning the shoes already clipped in method of getting out of T1 so i can gain some time there. basically just make it flow better than I did.

bike was horrendous. period. I didn't know which gear to be in on the hill part, as I don't practice near any hills, and was absolutely destroying my quads trying to get up the bridge the first time before a fellow racer told me to downshift, and that made it easier. Just a rough day out there on the bike for me. getting passed by many people. hard to handle after a strong start to the race. Definately overhydrated,with me beating on my quads like that coupled with this being my first oly, i just drank too much. almost my entire aerobottle filled with water/gu2o, and 1 bottle of water. felt bloated getting off bike.

bike WAY more outside-less on trainer, try to find some hills-even if i have to drive to them! I am going to start an 8-week Bike focused training plan as I feel this is needed NOW for me to have a strong rest of the season. So i will be outside all the time training and hoping to see a better time and pace for next oly.

have no idea why the time was this high, although i did have to run quite a ways through transition to get to my area. I racked bike, threw off helmet, threw on pre-rolled socks and running shoes and was off!

not really sure, i guess just try to speed it up even more. practice more.

due to poor bike, definately did not feel as well as I should have. stomach was bloated to the max with water. I ate a GU as i hit the begining of the run out of transition, so i had to drink more water after that, so i had one cup from volunteer. Trails were CROWDED, so it made it difficult to gauge passing and pace. I feel I did ok here. Had to work through stomach cramps for almost all 6.2 miles, and a left quad cramp that started with 2 miles left to go. Never EVER walked and kept my pace while focusing on how well i was doing for my first olympic.

drink less water on bike, and focus more on keeping my core temp cool with water dumping on my head. Did that for last 3 miles and it helped ALOT!

Felt like i was going to vomit, probably from the all out sprint I gave at the end (how do we finish? WE FINISH STRONG!) wife was awesome, got me couple bottles of water and a banana. I knew my stomach was whacked out, so I told her no banana and that I needed liquid carbs for the re-fuel, so she grabbed me a venga re-hydrate that worked like a charm! 20 minutes later I was as good as new. thanks Venga!


my overconsumption of water, and the horrible bike portion. Yes, i could have shaved probably 5-7 minutes of my total time if i wasn't so lacksidaisy in transition or on the swim if i sighted better, but other than that i need way more biking outside.


I loved this race. It would have gotten 5 stars if they didn't RUN OUT OF WATER, in the expo area/finish. how does that even happen?
otherwise, a memorable first olympic race, volunteers were great!