The swim was pretty good, while at the same time kind of rough. It was probably my best performance (though the time might not reflect it) but there were a couple of tough spots. I felt pretty strong at the beginning until I realized that I was in a whirlpool -- which started to elevate my heart rate -- but stopping was not an option because the moment I slowed down I felt like I was getting crawled over. Well, things calmed down and I actually found a couple feet and my sighting went well. At the turnaround buoy, there was another struggle, got out of it alive. Besides some confusion at one of the buoys, it was smooth sailing in.

Be more aggressive at the outset-- and swim faster

Went pretty well

I would have jumped on the bike, but things were wet -- didn't want to risk it

Also, tape Gu to the bike -- I wasted some time stuffing it in a bottle

So, there were definitely more hills than I expected. I felt like I was really strong on the rolling sections and then the hills came. They were tough, but I was passing people (only got passed once) so I guess that was a pretty good indication of my progress. I had forgotten to engage my back breaks, so that explains the dangerous skids going down hill. I pushed hard, but it felt good overall.

Keep working on the hills -- and especially work on going down hill

Hey, it was better than my last transition. I would have run faster off the bike, but there was a large group of people.

not much, just keep working on making it seemless.

I think I might have had a better time with pacing if there were more mile markers, but other than that the run wasn't bad. It hurt, but the run always hurts a little. I felt like I maintained a pretty steady pace throughout.

Run faster

Some water and then a bagel. Didn't spend much time hanging around


Need to get faster at swimming and better at climbing hills


This is a good race. It's tough, but there is a really good vibe around it, the people are friendly and the event went pretty well (there was some confusion, it seemed, with some of the run course-- people not knowing where to go). Overall, this is a race I would definitely do again!