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The swim went very well.

I sat down for a minute. My ankle was bugging me somewhat and I decided to sit while doing some of the transition stuff. Wetsuit peeling went pretty smoothly. I didn't quite know where I should put my wetsuit which led to about 20-30 seconds lost.

I might try clipping shoes onto bike and running in socks to Mount line. Looks like that could've been a good time saver

Bike went just fine. I think I probably pushed it a little too hard. The ankle was really bugging me on the ride on lap 3 of 4.

Miserable. This was the worst run I've ever had. Ankle bugging me must've lead to me running funny b/c my back started to spasm. I stopped 3 times completely and walked a lot. This combined with a lack of energy led to a horrible run. I nearly quit in the middle of the run. I knew is was well off of my goal time of 3 hours.

Probably should've held it back a little more on swim and run. I just need to get in better shape.

My official time was 3:21:05. I really made some serious improvements on the swim/bike. I shaved 7 minutes on my swim alone! I was 2 mins faster on the bike, avg’d +19mph. Transition time was roughly the same…15secs slower and given that I introduced the wetsuit to the equation, I’m happy with that. Before the run, I had improved my time by 9mins. If I ran inline w/ my last run, I would’ve been right at 3:00. I’m definitely going to train up and try to break the 3hr mark in the fall.

I’m buying new running shoes today. I am going to buy the ones that promise a faster than 12:00 mile pace. My pace yesterday was a miserable 12:46.


I'm glad that I finished the race. I really need to lose more weight and improve my endurance before the Austin Triathlon in the fall.