Mooloolaba Tri - TriathlonOlympic

Was supposed to be a surf swim but got moved Saturday afternoon to the canal (suited me perfectly!). Was aiming for 30:00 but overall reasonably happy.

More longer sets in the pool. I think the longest straight set I did was only 400m.

Was about a 500m run to T1 from the swim. I realised about 10mins into the bike that my helmet strap was twisted and was digging in the side of my head. Managed to adjust it on the go so it was less annoying.

Take time to make sure all my gear is in working order.

Strong winds (tailwind) on the way out. Obviously headwind on the way back. Thought I may have gone out too hard (again) but felt my pulse a few times and it was only about 150bpm, so I was happy. On the way back it was very hard. The course is pretty open so there wasn't really any protection from the wind. Had 6 jelly beans at 10km, another 6 at 30km mark. Gatorade every 5km. Didn't quite finish my 2nd bottle of gatorade - probably why I cramped a tad on the run.

Nothing.

Was very wet so I wasn't going to risk trying to jump off the bike.

Nothing.

Was planning on going 6:00/k for first 5k, then dropping back to 5:00/k for second 5k. Decided to go hard the whole way (glad that didn't backfire!). 4 jellybeans at 2km, 4 at 6km. 2 cups water at each aid station. Got a tiny cramp in the left hamstring and right quad at about 8k's. As soon as I went over the finish line I cramped in left hamstring pretty badly.

Nothing.

Massage. Water and sports drink. Watermelon.


Lack of training at and above race pace. Need more longer distance and harder workouts.

Suprisingly, the run was my best leg overall, but the bike was my best leg in my age group. Swim was the slowest (and has been for all 4 races I've done) and is definitely the area I need to work on.


My first Olympic Tri and probably the best tri of the 4 I've done. The think the rain helped me, as it was pretty cool, so I didn't dehydrate. I really enjoyed it and will be back next year.