Tempe International Triathlon - Olympic Distance - TriathlonOlympic

I felt pretty good during the swim, swam right at the buoys and found pretty calm water to swim in. I was shocked to see how slow my time was when I got out but I think everybody felt the swim was long. The water was pretty warm, there's no way I would have wanted to wear my wetsuit anyway.

Not too much, I could have gone a little faster but I got out of the water feeling strong and I'd rather do that than swim a minute faster and be tired.

Pretty smooth T1, I was a little slow because I had some trouble getting my bike out of the racks and through the other bikes but no big deal.

Try harder to get an end spot on the rack.

Pretty happy overall with my ride. I felt like I was in a good groove and just went with it. I feel like I could have pushed it a little harder on the 2nd lap but wanted to save something for what I knew would be a hot run.

Not much.

Threw on the shoes, dumped a little water over my head and off I went.

I could have hustled through a little more but I always seem to want to take a couple seconds to make sure I'm all set.

It was hot out there! Felt a little slow on the first lap but started to feel better and better as the run went on. They really did a good job with the aide stations, I think there were 4 on the run and they were handing out cold water (most of which just went over my head). I really enjoyed the last part of the run, I was feeling good and knew I was going to come in with the time I wanted. Olympic distance runs always seem to hurt and this one was no different but it is a good feeling to push yourself towards the finish line!

I still need to work on my tri running speed, I just can't get going as fast as I know I can run.

Could have gone a little faster running but considering the heat and the fact that I PR'd this race (the previous record was from 2006) I'm totally happy.


Fun times racing, great to see everybody out there and hang out at the ESKCTC tent and enjoy some beers afterwords.