Top Gun - Triathlon

Not my favorite type of start as things got crowded quickly at the first buoy. I felt calm throughout. May have been a bit wide on the leg parallel to the beach. Felt very controlled. Ran into prior wave about halfway through and that slowed things down

Push harder? Certainly could have increased speed but it was hard to find much open water to push pace

It was a long run, maybe 250-300 yards from the beach to T1. I ran pretty hard to make up some time but when I got to my spot my helmet had been knocked off my bike and I had trouble getting it snapped as the straps were tangled. I gave up 10-15 seconds to the good T1 times.

Show more of a sense of urgency. Can't help that hemet was on the ground. I was in the last wave and those things happen.

Course was super crowded and there were several times I had to soft pedal while waiting for riders to move to the right. I stayed to the left pretty much the whole way. Felt pretty good. Surprised my time was top ten overall. Was shooting to be in 260watt range. Just before hitting transition I was 250/254. Not bad considering the seconds I lost pedalling easy while waiting to pass.

Be in an earlier wave? This is a fast course and could be crushed with an open road ahead.

Not too bad

Could have been a little smoother coming off the bike at the dismount line

This was a slog. Hot and humid. Splits ended up being 6:45/7:00/7:00 and 6:17 over the last .25 miles. Running on the beach and the trail was both mentally and physically taxing. It was a tough run and times were slow across the board

I didn't feel like I was mentally strong on the run. I started rationalizing that I should hold back something for the race that night. I didn't hold back anything....I just didn't have much "go" in me. I did feel marginally better after seeing that the run was long and times in general were slow

They had several inflatable pools in the post race area with cold water. Found one with 2-3 teammates in it and climbed in....it was amazing. Eventually went for a short run to shakeout the legs for the next race.


Heat, humidity and being in the last wave. All things I can't control. Just have to push through and be strong. Initially I was dissappointed with my performance but after looking at results I feel better. My teammate bumped up to masters (over 40) win (he's 54) so I got 1st in AG. Turns out I had 2nd fastest finish in masters so another factor that makes me feel my performance was better than initially thought.


Race was really well done. Good post race food and awards ceremony. Lots of really strong racers in the area so the race was really competitive.