Alabama Coastal Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Great swim! The taper really helped. I felt like I was really cruising. The start was a time-trial interval start. I overtook a couple of folks at the first buoy and it made things difficult. Had to compensate for the current. Got stung by a jelly fish about 200yds from the exit.

Spent too much time on breastroke. I need to rely on my training and just swim and not worry about everyone around me.
I was really pleasantly surprised by my time. I smoked it.

I wasted time fiddling with my race belt. Couldn't get it to snap.

Go faster.

I conquered the bridge better than I thought. As I came down the first pass there was an immediate turn to the right at the bottom. Then a U-turn back under the bridge to turn around and go back up the other side.

Maybe push a littel harder to average 17mph.

When I got back to my rack position, there was a bike in my spot and my running stuff had gotten moved.
I walked out the transition to control my HR.

It took the first half mile to get my legs working coming off the bike. I had to walk. My training served me well. I thought I was going slower than I was.

Work to walk less.

Energy level was down towards the end of the run despite 3 gels throughout the race.


Team-Magic always puts on a good race. This is one that I would do next year. The ocean water temperature was perfect.

I am really pleased that I crushed my goal of breaking 3 hours. Following the training plan I downloaded made all the difference in the world. This and the encouragement I got from my blog mates really helped.