Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Swim was better than I expected - yeah! Felt good, no shoulder pain. Arms did feel a little more fatigued by the end, which was probably due to the reduced swimming this month. Navigation seemed good and I didn't hit the wall this year (where the current reversed directions last year).

2007 Time: 31:31

I just need more time in the water!

World's longest transition. Went all around the world to get to my bike and back, not very good rack position, but oh well! Did the best I could with it.

2007 Time: 1:10

I would like to work on running faster out of the water.

This was an interesting ride. Started out pretty good, got up to speed quickly and got myself ready for the onslaught of hills. Well, I remembered this course as a lot worse than it was, so that was a fantastic surprise. Before the skies opened up, I was having a lot of fun on the course, chatting with people a bit as we climbed the slow hills. My aero bottle did come out of the velcro and I decided I wasn't going to stop this time. Somehow I managed to thread it back through and reattach it without stopping. Then my bike started making a wierd noise when climbing. I thought it was the brake, so I opened the brake release, but that didn't help. I tried moving the brake pads around, no luck. I finally decided I needed to stop and check it - it wasn't the brakes though, so my knowledge was exhausted. I just decided to hope I wasn't damaging my bike and kept going.

Then it happened. The sky completely opened up! I was going down hill and could NOT see - I mean AT ALL! I tried taking off my glasses, but then the pressure of the rain made it worse. I had to slow down a lot to be able to see where I was going and not crash into anything. Did drop my chain climbing a hill at the end - sheesh! I was really working on the adaptating theory today and didn't let it bother me - stopped, fixed, go.

2007 Time: 1:33:53

I can't control the weather, so my reduced speed on the way back was inevitable. Probably need to get my bike looked at before the next race, though.

Uh - oops, I passed my bike!! :) I tried to go back in the opposite direction that I left, so I can rack my bike and duck under the rack, but that was probably stupid without practicing in the morning, because I passed my rack. :) Other than that - good.

2007 Time: 1:26

Either practice in the morning or rack normally

I remembered the bike course as harder than it was - the run course I remembered as easier than it was. My goal was to try to hit around 8:45s (based on my open HM time), but I lost energy the last two miles. I was happy with my effort, though, I pushed as much as I could and this is the second Oly in a row that I was able to actually run - my tri run issues are over. Now I'm just going to focus on getting my times down to where they should be.

2007 Time: 1:02:46

I think my energy could have run out due to calories - I had only 1 waffle this morning, I think I usually have two.

Walked around, found the tent, recovery drink, and cheering on the rest of the racers.


Weather conditions on the bike slowed me down a bit, but overall I feel good about this race. I paid attendion to myself and pushed as much as I could - had a lot of fun too!

2007 Time: 3:10:50


I liked this race a lot better this year - I think I was more prepared for the course this year. I would still ilke to see the bike course moved off the highway, but otherwise it's a good race. Just be ready for some long, slow hills on the bike.