It was a "in the water" start. I decided to stay right in the middle of the start line and in the front. Gun went off. I swim it fast at the start so I wouldn't get run over, but it never happened. I found someone to draft after a couple hundred yards, but he started slowing down after awhile, so I passed him. About half way I started passing the wave before us. The last two hundred yards I was getting tired & my googles started to fog up. Overall I finished the swim strong. I swam this course almost 5 minutes faster than a tri I did last year (different tri, but same course).

Practice more on my navigation, the last two hundred yards I looked up way too much. More conditioning.

I did ok on time. Had to work extra hard to get my suit off at the heels (as always). Decided to wear socks. I had them all rolled up ready to go, but I ended up rolling the first one upside down. So I had to take them off and start over. Cliped my race belt, glasses, & helmet on and off I went. I was worried that my T1 time would be slow, but in my division I had the second fastest time.

Need to work on getting suit off and socks on faster.

I thought I could have gone faster than what I did. I passed some and got passed alot. I have ridden this course several times and I felt confident about racing it, but racing & practice are two different things. And I went for it and killed my legs. Again I improved my time 3 minutes from last year's race.

I need to ride more. Learn to ride my bike better. More cadence than muscle on the bike.

Great T2 time. Fastest in my division. Racked the bike, bike shoes off, run shoes on, helmet off, grabed visor & watch and off I went. I put my watch & visor on and turned my race belt around after I left the transition area. Only hiccup I had was that I didn't secure my garmin on my wrist correctly and it fell off. It fell in front of me, so it didn't slow my transition time at all.

secure the garmin better.

I had a good race until my least favorite event... the run. I had hoped to finish at a 10 minute mile or better, but I knew after 1/2 a mile that I had nothing left. I got to the first aid station and they had gel & water. I took 1 cup water, but no gel. The water was a so good I could have stayed there and drank all day. But I did have a race to do. So I kept jogging (more like a fast walk) and got to the turn around. I had hoped I could kick it in gear, since I knew that it was mostly downhill. It didn't kick in. I kept moving and kept getting passed. I got to the same aid station and took two more watesr and no gel. Best water in the world! I had one last hill to climb. As soon as I saw the finish line I took my visor off and made sure my tri shirt was down (I have a big belly). I was tired, mad, happy, but I still knew I had one picture to take and I wanted to look good (except I didn't smile or wave) At the end I had one guy that raced me down (so uncool) and one girl that I decided I wouldn't be like that guy and race her down.

Almost 1 minute slower than last year. I need to run more and hydrate better.

Got my medal and a sport bottle with water. I had two refill and some banana and grapes.


I have never taken gel or nutrition during a sprint distance. But due to the warm weather and the long wait at the start, I should have taken something at the end of the bike and/or at the first run aid station. Overall I did improve my time by 7 minutes from last year.


The race was well organzied. Had a post lunch as well.