Giant Acorn International - TriathlonOlympic

Nice swim. At first there was a bit of the swimming over people but I didn't get kicked/hit until over half way through the race. I was happy about that. I stayed on the correct side of the boats this time and decided I didn't need to swim to KY again. Got out of the water without panting and was not worn out at all. It was a bit slower than I can do but I wanted to do this one comfortably to see what that felt like.

I got out between my wave and the one behind me but still in the midst of a lot of blue caps (my wave)

Not a lot. I enjoyed the swim

Chatted with another person at my rack as we were undressing. Grabbed bike with shoes on pedals and took off at a trot.

Half the course was older asphalt with a mix of chipseal. YUCK! The other half was brand new pavement. WOOHOOO, that was nice. I was not out to prove anything, just screwing around and keeping a decent pace going.

20MPH in an OLY, that makes me happy! Considering last June was the first time I used clipless pedals and was averaging about 14 MPH for a 30 minute ride.



Not a darned thing. I enjoyed this ride!

I'm still putting socks on because I still have the B2B HIM in a month and I've not been barefoot for any runs over about 5K.

Can't think of anything.

When I first entered the woods a root jumped up and grabbed my foot and I slammed down on my right side. That was not fun. I didn't realize the road rash was actually bleeding until after the run, though, so it didn't slow me down. My grass/dirt covered back was commented on during the whole run by different people, though.

Back to the I cannot run and I doubt I'll ever get much better at it but I ran the whole way and held conversations during each portion of the run. I was just trying to run the whole run and not cramp up, not slosh around and look like I had a clue what I was doing. Note I did not say that I DID know what I was doing, just that I wanted to look like it. It got warm during the last loop but I never started a cramp and my tummy didn't feel sloshy. I think I got the hydration nailed on this one. Let's hope it's that well done for B2B.

Oh, sit down for this one. I passed, not one, not two, but THREE people in my age group. I felt weird passing anyone, I'm not sure I've ever done that before.

Not trip and slide on my side at the beginning of the run. At the end, perhaps, but not at the beginning.

Took off shoes and number and walked around in the lake. Sliced my foot on either a clam shell or a sharp rock so that was interesting trying to figure out when the heck I did that.

Met another pilot, his watch gave him away :)


I'm a lard ass, non running kinda guy. Any other questions?


I like this venue and setup events puts on a great race! I'll be back to an Anna tri once or twice next year again.