Water was pretty cold, the warm up helped get used to it bigtime. I started off to the left and went out probably a little too hard. never really made it over close to the bouys, stayed to the left, I think I swam way over the yardage.

swim closer to the bouys

Used earplugs on the swim that helped a lot, didn't get dizzy at all coming out of the water.

quicker

Not a very good bike, took the whole first lap to get warmed up/settled down from the transition. Seemed like there was a little headwind but others didn't think so. pushed the last lap pretty hard

pretty fast transition

Run felt painful. started out slow, got to the hill settling in, then got a side stitch after the hill, got it to go away by the turnaround but then got another one towards the top of the next hill, picked it up a bit at the last mile and started to feel a little better

start out a little slower

overal fitness needs to be better. being out for the last two weeks with the foot thing and then the motorcycle trip didn't help.


Little dissapointed overall with the race since I did just about the same time as last year, and that was my first race ever. The bike was the weak link, although I was all over the place on the swim it was still pretty quick. Fun racing with the other rmtc peeps and a lot of competition.