Swimming is by far my weakest leg. This was my first olympic distance race and the swim was very hard. I could never get relaxed and was struggling most of the way. I have recently began a masters swimming class - so hopefully I can improve before next season.

Relax

Good little run up the hill to the transition area. Was gassed from the swim - So I took a bit longer than I would have liked.

I put a new cassette on my bike this week and must have screwed something up. The bike kept slipping out of gear when I was grinding up thie hills.
Good ride overall for me. The traffic was a bit more than I like and slowed me down several times. saw a bad crash around mile 20 and slowed to make sure that an ambulance had been called.

Push more on the hills and drink more. I only had my aero bottle on my bike and probably could have used more fluids.

My goal was to be under 3 hours for the race. I had planned on running a 50 minute 10k - so I was in good shape after the bike. The first 1.5 miles I felt fine. I got REALLY hot coming up the hill towards mile 2. I had a hard time keeping cool from that point and struggled the rest of the way. I was not expecting the hills to zap my legs like they did.

Run Faster!

Sat down and talked to a few people and drank lots of fluids. Got something to eat and headed home.


This was my first Olympic race and my goal was to go under 3 hours. My training has not been very solid the last 2 month due to the birth of my son. My swim is still the weak point and I will be working on it over the winter months.


The race was great. My only complaint was the volume of cars on the road and the narrowness of some of the bike course. Great race though.