This time is slower than I'd expect. Maybe the course was long? Top quartile threshold in my AG was 1:54, so that's pretty slow. Of course, I found myself 10 yards right of everyone pretty much the entire race, so maybe I was just doing squiggles the whole way.

T1 included a long, long run. The fastest T1 of anyone was 1:51 and top quartile threshold was 2:17, so my times wasn't nearly as bad as it looks.

The bike is usually my worst-ranked leg, so I determined not to let that happen today. My goal was to push really hard and just see what happens on the run. As a result, it was my highest-ranked leg today, and beat my sprint bike PR pace by a wide margin (22.2 vs. 20.9).

Okay, T2 actually was kind of bad. Couldn't get my bike shoes off and run shoes on. Frankly I'm not sure what happened, I just know I lost about 20 seconds here frantically struggling with shoes. Maybe I was just too energized, maybe too dizzy from pushing so hard on the bike, or maybe I just need to practice this.

Note that I said I lost 20 seconds, not the minute you'd think based on the time; again, there was a long run buried in T2 time.

Well, this was the moment of truth after pushing so hard on the bike. I was surprised at how steep some of the trails were but none were brutal. I felt *so* slow at first but it turns out I churned out a pretty normal speed for me; it just hurt worse than usual.

Heed. Pizza. Beer. Talked to William Hunt, Ed Haskey, Ben Cooley, and Ilan Paltrow after the event.


A really fun event. Wish it weren't quite so early but I'll take it.

Really, really nice event. Pizza & beer was a nice treat.