My swimming is getting better, but still it is my weakest sport.

I definitely need to practice OW swims in pack and drafting

nice transition. I always take my time getting out of the water

My bike is improving but I need to work work work even more. I feel a bit stronger and faster but I still suffer when I am hammering the pedals and I am afraid it is affecting a bit my running performance. I am not complaining about my running speed, I think it is great! I am just a bit concerned about my 1st ½ iron distance. I am wondering if I will be able to maintain a steady strong pace on the bike and it won’t eventually hurt me on the run…
I took an accelerade gel 25 min into the bike.


Train more and bring my endurolyes

I guess I could attempt to do a better job for my T2 next time.

Maybe do it a bit faster

I forgot my Cytomax bottle so that sucked! Also now that I am checking y HR data I should had pushed it a bit to avg HR between 176-178. I must say I felts my legs heavy from the hard pedaling I did on the bike.

streching, drink lots of fluids and ate carbs


This wasn't a priority race so I didn't really prepare for it in terms of tapering and specific training Saturday I did a Long bike ride of 55+ miles, with 1 hr HIM pace (Zone 3 effort). I definitely felt my legs tired during the bike leg of the race. I also could tell my legs weren’t 100% because my HR was higher than normal.

I hope I don’t come across as those cocky athletes: “oh I didn’t train for this race but I still I won and bla bla bla…”
I do train my a$$ of every week for 10 or more hours. However I need to keep this log/race reports as objective and real as possible for my coach’s training plan and for my own personal info.



I want to participate in this race because one year ago, this same race was my 1st Tri EVER! My time last year was 1:37:38; Age group place was 7th and 67th overall... I improved my time by 12:19 min - NICE IMPROVEMENT!
Another fun fact - they placed my on the wrong wave by mistake so at the end while checking the final results my swimming time was 5:25... Yeah right! This was because they took 6 min off from the wave of my age group. I talked to the race director and they fix it by adding those 6 min and placing me with the right time. I could of place 3rd overall with that mistake and fool everyone but myself… That’s not why I race after all…
I am very HAPPY with the “Cheap” medal that I won and for me it is worth like a GOLD Olympic medal :)