Black Bear Triathlon - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Great swim, Did not want to push it. Tried to stay long and smooth and conserve energy. Tried to mimic what I wanted to do for Lake Placid, finished the swim with a lot of energy left.

Warm up a little more

Long run from transition area to bike mount all up hill. Carried my shoes and put them on at the bike mount station. Chain fell off as soon as I jumped on the bike, yeah. Took care of it and took off. Shoes needed to be a little tighter so I took some speed away while I was adjusting.

I would like to have actual tri shoes and not the ones I hve now. Keep shoes on the bike and transition that way.

This course was definitly a tough one. I think I could have rode this course better but I was trying to stay comfortable. Got a little slow on some of the hills, lost consentration and did not follow through exactly as planned.

I would have liked to have crested the hills a little better. Had some trouble getting back up to speed after the hills.

The bike keeped bouncing around as I ran with it and the shoes were catching on the ground. I almost lost the bike as it bounced from left to right.

I do not know if I had trouble with the bike-run because of the small wheels? (New bike with 700 wheels?)

It started to get hot out there on the course. Legs felt a little heavy at first. It was a tough run and I started to get a little tired the last two miles. Ran with a fuel belt the first 6 miles and then threw it to my dad at the turn around. It was nice to get rid of the extra weight.

I need new shoes. My feet wre killing me after the 8 mile mark. I had a cut in my left toe that bothered me a lot. How I slpit my toe I do not know.

swim in the lake and walked around for 1/2 hour


I think it might have been some gear issues. Strength wise I felt fine, I had more feet problems than anything else.


The support and volunteers at this race was incredible. It was the best I have ever encountered. They made the race. I can not express how great the volunteers were.