This was by far my best swim. Everything felt great and the swim went by really, really fast. I had no problems with sighting, got kicked a few times but nothing major. It's the first time I've come out of the water with a big smile on my face!

nothing.

Slow but no major issues.

need to learn how to leave shoes clipped into bike and then get into shoes while biking.

My HR on the bike continues to be a problem during races. Going by RPE I felt I should be in zone 2/3 yet spent most of the race in 4/5. Not sure if it's training, race anxiety or what but I could do this same course as a training ride with similiar times and be almost entirely in zone 2.

That said, this is by far the best bike I've had. In my 4 previous tri (all sprints) I had averaged less then 19mph so to break the 20mph avg on a olympic course was satisfying.

I really like the course - lots of small hills, some cornering, smooth shoulders, etc. Plus the weather was perfect! Warm, clear skies, and no wind.

I saw some poor guy go down hard on the bike about 5 miles in - I think he was going for a water bottle and lost control going about 20mph. Ouch. I stopped to see if he needed help but he said he was fine.

Around 20 mile mark I almost took out a mini-van. Thankfully I noticed the lady wasn't paying attention and had time to get out of aero and jump on the breaks.

I need to figure out my HR situation. It's way to high given my RPE but I'm still very, very happy with how this bike went.

no problems here.

nothing.

The first 2-3 miles felt good but the long hill killed me. Plus the aid stations ran out of water and all they had left was Gatorade which I don't like. Run continues to be my nemisis. it's improving but still have a lot of work to do.


just continue to work on the run.

grab a couple waters and a banana, chatted with friends and waited for my wife to finish.


controlling HR on bike and improving my run. Overall I'm very happy with my results - not fast by any means but it was my first Olympic and only my 4th race since getting the tri bug last summer. My goal was 3 hours and I beat that by 18 minutes so I can't complain!


I rated the race a 5 even though they ran out of water on the run. The race had a great atmosphere, lots of volunteers, etc. I absolutely loved the bike course and will do this one again next year.