Pass It Along Triathlon - Triathlon

Determined to take advantage of above average skills this race and worked to be near the front of wave. Passed peope from previous two waves so the strategy seemed to work. Some conjestion at start gave way to a lot of open space. Improved by almost 2 minutes over last year so good start to the race.

Keep head and chest down a bit more

Cleaned feet, a little trouble putting on a bike jersey due to wet, otherwise, socks went on ok, shoes went on ok, and I was close to the bike out. There was good improvement over last year but might be able to do better.

Forgot I had a gel in my Trisuit to take on route to transition and might have saved some time. Also while it was cool, the jersey was a nice to have and probably did not need it.

Thought I was faster than this. Have felt something wrong as avg speed on bike has been declining, perhaps due to challenge to go longer distances. Stood on peddles last 1/3 mile or so to get legs ready for run. Took a GU about mile 7.

Not sure standing helped and might just peddle in although it felt good to stretch some. Would like a cadence meter, I know I can go faster

Over a minute improvement over last year so a really good change.

Had a little trouble getting shoes on and missed bike rack for a few seconds

Trouble getting going although I got some encouragement from a couple other competitors. People were talking about the course being longer which might account for the added time. Bike course was the same but the swim and run might have been longer.

Keep up the training. Improvement is there even if it is hidden by a slower time

Not much, drank some, ate some and moved around some. Sat during awards and finally had to get up as aches were beginning to creep up


July training was pitiful, not sure if this helped, or hurt since the rest was nice. Some RL things came up which required resetting some yearly goals and race might have suffered some. The focus on a potential 1/2 Ironman put speed training on the back burner.Then heat and training volumes too thier toll.



Nice race in a great area, close to home. Will likely do it again.