Ugh. The wave was so big that it was crowded and chaotic the entire swim. I was better at sighting this time, but my goggles completely fogged up at one point and I had to stop to clear them. I am trying to figure out why my swim times are so slow compared to my training. Its very frustrating.

Start farther up or more to the side.

Wow!! I am so happy with my bike. I can't believe I did that! I had a revelation the other day. Someone asked me what my strongest leg of triathlon was, and I had never thought about that before. I realized it was the bike and that just gave me such a mental boost.
My feet hurt at the end. I think I maight have altered my form a bit due to my foot issue.

Make sure my stupid aero bottle was on correctly. It wasn't so I was messing with it the entire time.

Someone threw their bike in my spot, so it took me forever to rack my bike. I was pissed.

My first mile was 8:49, second went down to 9:20, 3rd was 9:33. I am going to blame most of this poor time on the sand, thank you very much. I felt strong, I kept my HR way up there. It's just hard in the sand. My foot didn't bother me much.

Not much. I got my HR up into zone 4+ pretty quickly and held it there. I really felt like I left everything on the course this time which is a good accomplishment for me. I am usually not aggresive enough with myself and have too much left in me at the end.

Inability to perform to my ability in open water.


My foot has felt better since this race. I don't know why. These races are such a learning experience. I do them mostly for the gained knowledge that racing gives so I an kick butt when my next A race comes in August.