Blue Lake Olympic Triathlon - Triathlon

A little puzzling here. My first time swimming freestyle for the entire event (yes that's right!!) and finishing worse than I did last year! My sighting was very poor into the sun. I ended up about 20 yds off the 2nd buoy and didn't see it until I passed it. Ended up having to wade for a moment to pick up the next two. I also may be sightning more than I need, which may be effecting my pace. Overall felt very good and relaxed the entire swim. Got bunched up about half way through when getting passed by the fastest woman and passing some slow younger age groupers.

Work on sighting less. Get better tinted goggles (or get my good tinted goggles fixed.)

Pretty good T1. A little slow getting the suit off my heels. Got to the mount area quickly, but took a couple more swipes at getting my feet into the shoes than I would've liked.

Work on the bike mount.

A good bike ride. If not a PR, then very close! I kept the cadence around 90-92, which felt smooth the entire way. The last 10 miles were kind of lonely, so it was tough to find extra motivation when all I was seeing was duathletes!

Not much for now. Had a gear slipping on the top chain ring (between 3rd and 4th or 4th and 5th) which I need to get resolved.

Good transition. Went very fast considering that included getting socks on.

Nothing.

I was really happy with the run. I was shooting for a lower time, but the heat really made me rethink my strategy. Good push on the HR, and the last 1.2 miles were at a 6:20 pace! Kept very steady at 7 min/mile pace up through mile 5. Definitely a maximum effort the last half mile or so.

Nothing.

Plenty of walking and water/electrolyte drinks. Then some stretching and a dip in the lake.


Swim technique and bike.


Always a great way to start the season. Under new management and they still had it go off very smoothly.