Crowded first half. Merged w/ olympic race. Couldn't find someone fast enough who was close enough to draft off of. Swam pretty straight. Good effort. Not convinced they measure the distance accurately - can swim WAY faster than this in the pool - and I'm faster in a wetsuit.

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fumbled with the zipper a bit. Helmet not on super fast. Not a great spot on the rack for the sprint race.

practice with the zipper and helmet more.

Didn't take my pump/bag. Half bottle of water - all good. Forced myself to back off a bit throughout and not race guys - conserving for run. Could have gone faster, but led to a much better run transition. Good focus on pedaling mechanics.

Would have loved to have trained more.

Was 2nd to last rack. Entered on wrong side. Marked my spot well, but had to go under the bar and grab things from wrong side - through me off.

Felt pretty good all things considered. No side ache or lack of air. Legs felt good. Energy ok. Hot. Strong kick to finish - missed second in age group by less than a second. Tried to cut inside on last corner but got cut off and bumped - lost my momentum. Should have waited to kick until after the turn - would have beat him.

Would have loved to get more runs in. Did great for my level of training and sleep. Confident I could have kept 6:50 pace with normal training.

Huge lack of sleep and training (newborn, family sickness, moving in a week), body not 100% - 15 hr days of physical work on our new house - knees in rough shape.


Love this race. Recruited friends. Hope to do it again. Suggestions: add mileage markers on run, and offer a discounted registration for sprint race (or allow cash prizes for both races since they pay the same amount).