Notes
Athy Olympic Triathlon. First Olympic distance. Did it with Denis on a scorcher of a day. Swim started off pretty well and even though my shoulders felt tight I got through the swim better than expected. Still at the very back of my wave but considering there was a tough 600m upstream start to the swim I feel that I gave a good account of myself. 36.22 for the swim.
1st transition was slow enough. Dizzy coming out of the water and it took me a while to find my bike and get ready for the next stage - 2.38 for T1 which is quite slow.
Cycle was good and where I made up the most time on Denis. Really delighted to average over 30km/h over a 40km course. It was a flat course and the roads were pretty good too. Roads were busy so had to be careful not to draft. 1:18.02 for the cycle
T2 in 1:36. Took a while getting into my running gear but not a bad transition
Run started off well. For the first 5km I was running strongly and passing people easily. After 5km I ran out of energy. Probably my worst mistake of the race was not bring fuel with me on the run - bottomed out but kept plugging on. The last 5km was really tough and my time suffered badly but finished the last 200m well to pick off a few more people. Run time 49.43 which leaves plenty of room for improvement
Overall delighted with my first Olympic and a good time to aim for in my next one. Plenty of lessons learned re transition, food etc and I also learned a lot about myself. Bet Denis by 6 mins so hopefully we both improve by the next one :)