First open water swim. The ground was muddy which made it hard both starting and finishing. I also had a lot of trouble breathing and had to do breast stroke for a bit of it. I'm also not used to swimming with that many people around. Definitely different, but now I've got my first open water done so I have a better idea of what to expect next time.

Good transition. pretty quick.

I'm glad I'm used to riding hills, now I just need to work on racing up them. I almost bit it on the first hard left turn that was at the bottom of a hill, but managed to keep control and not fall over. definitely a challenging course, but not too hard if you're used to riding up hills.

Practice racing up hills more.

Good transition. Dropped my gu at the beginning of the run but that only added a few seconds of time to go back & get it.

I just lost it at this point. The run was awful. I had a horrid cramp from the beginning of the run, and running in the woods on a trail like that was very technically difficult. I expected more of a packed limestone trail and not a single track dirt trail with branches & roots & lots of crazy curves and hills. When I saw the first mile marker I started crying. I just mentally went downhill. It was so hard. I ended up walking at least half of it, both because I was physically unable to handle it and because the trail itself was so much more difficult than I expected.

I will not do trail runs again. and I will try to hold it together better mentally too. I think thats what did me in, the mental breakdown.

walked around. stretched a little. had water and a bite of banana (but they were all green)


physically and mentally this was a hard race. But it was definitely the mental break down that limited me this time.


All overall rankings are for females only. They didnt post results for men & women combined. In total there were 275 people in the race.

I will not do this race again, or if I do it will be in several years. It was a lot more difficult than I was expecting. I thought this would be a cake race and I might place in my age group. After seeing how difficult the bike course would be I think I psyched myself out and it was all downhill from there. I did not like the trail run and will not be doing trail races again. Pavement is fine with me. I need to work on being more positive mentally too.