Memphis in May - TriathlonOlympic

I thought I had agreat swim until I saw my watch at the end. Started strong, navigated well. It was very choppy and for the first 400m or so, I was turning into the waves, I had to stop 3 times after inhaling a wave and choking. After that first turn, I felt really good, navigated great, and was feeling very good coming in the last few yards, thinking I had gone bit faster than the last 2 years. I was right at a minute slower. I am sure the chop had something to do with it, but my pool times this year have been consistently faster than other years, so, even though I fetl really good in the water, I was disappointed with the results.

push harder.

I couldn't get my suit off, that was the only problem.

nothing

tough bike. The wind was nonstop and it flet like we were going into it or across it for at least 20miles. I can really only think of 2 shorts stretches where it was behind us. THe last 10 miles were dead into it, too, which really sucked. I wanted to try and not kill myself on the bike and save a little for the run. I definitely did that, but looking at it now, I definitely should have pushed harder. My legs never really hurt. I think my pace was very appropriate for a half ironman, but it should have been faster for the shorter race.

push it more

good T2, no issues

nothing

the run went very well. I wanted to break 45min for the 10k. My goal was to go out in 7:30 and then pick it up. My first mile was 7:20 and felt good, then somehow, the next 4 miles were all sub7:10 and they felt easy. Mile 5 was a little slower, but I still felt really good. The last mile I felt very steady and didnt' feel like I was slowing down, but the split time was 8:20. I don;t think it was measured correctly, there was no way that I slowed down that much without realizing it. I still felt very good at the end. At the 5 mile mark, I thought I had about 10 minutes to break 45, and I felt so good , I thought Iwas keeping the same 7:20 or so pace. I was most disappointed when I saw my last mile time. I thoght miles 2-5 seemed a bit short, but mile 6 was a bit long. Overall, thgough, a good run.

push it harder, not just cruise in becasue I thought I was going to beat my goal run time. I left some time out there for no reason.

walked around and ate a lot of junk food


wind. The bike was tough, and the swim was no real picnic. The cooler temps on the run were nice, though.


As always, this was a great race, very well organized. I like the fact that organizers listened to the racers and did the starting order for age groups by lottery. It was also cool to get to watch the pros, because I was done by the time they started.