Really good swim. I am pretty confident with where my OWS is at right now. I can sight very well. In the sprint I did, it was an all out effort, this pace was much more relaxed and felt I could hold it for a long time. I drafted when I could, but it was kind of tight out there with all the different waves, etc.

Not much, a great swim. Maybe try to draft a bit more.

Good transition in that this included a long jog up to the area, and I was in one of the last stalls.

Nothing. As smooth and fast as I can go.

This was a good bike for me. I need to incorporate more hills into my training, but I did pretty good as far as gearing goes. I stayed in the saddle when I could, but there were 5-7 hills where it was impossible to do that. It was taxing to finally get up to speed and then have to climb another hill. Great workout, and I am sure it will do me well for SOR.

On a funny note. They had this guy on top of Observatory hill playing the bag pipes. It was very cool, but also symbolic in that people were dying going up (walking their bikes) and then on the way down, people were dying (crashing on the turn going too fast). He was good at the pipes, too.

This was an amateaur qualifier and guys like Mike Boemer (rode 25mph at PP Oly), could only muster 22mph out there.

Ride more hills in training.

Wasted some time here. Wanted to run w/ the Garmin, so I put that on. And also had a long run to the exit.

Be smoother.

Not very happy with this run, but I did OK. I wore myself out on the hills, had stomach cramps, and it was hot/humid (enough excuses?). I started out with a nice 7:45m/m pace, but then the cramps and hills hit. Everybody was walking up these hills. I struggled through most of the next 4 miles around 8:35m/m and just felt horrible. With about 1.2 miles to go, the cramps went away, and I finished pretty strong. The last 1.2 miles was at a 7:48m/m pace...

Again, run more hills. Hydrate better on the bike (have to believe this was the reason for the cramps).

Met w/ Holly and my cousin who goes to the UW-Madison and came down to see his first triathlon. Got a couple bottles of water and headed towards the lake to cool down. It was getting super hot/humid at this point. The lake felt good on my legs!


A bunch of things. The hills (or my lack of hill training), the heat/humidity combination, improper hydration. Stuff, I will work on in training.


Very good event. Got to ride some of the MOO course. They had the course very well marked. The distances were as advertised. The race started on time. They had a great DJ, post party was OK, but they did have a raffle and I won a 26 serving Hammer Gel bottle and a gel flask. Not a PR kind of a course, but a very nice challenge.