I started out entirely too hard. My plan was to swim conservatively. My wave was very spread out and I ended up toward the front of the wave. At the start I attacked the water instead of taking it easy. Between starting out way too fast and not being comfortable in the crowd I got winded early. At this point in my swimming ability it's difficult to get my wind back while on the move swimming. I sucked it up and got through it, but it was not my best performance. Definitely a learning experience.

Go with the original plan, easy does it. Training needs to include more OWS work and possibly trying to swim in groups.

I had a good plan for transition. The layout of equipment was good. Things went smoothly.

Nothing.

I took the first mile to catch myself after the swim. Good mental approach. Put the swim behind and concentrated on the race ahead. I felt good during the bike. Hills were ok. I spent the time on the bike to hydrate well and plan out the rest of the race. I definitely got things back on track on the bike.

Overall a good ride.

Once again a good plan for transition. It helped to mentally rehearse it in the last mile of the ride. T2 went smoothly. Good job.

Good run. I had good energy going into the run. The Bricks paid off, transition to a running pace was very easy. Felt good and had a good pace.

Not a lot of warm down. Great support from friends so I didn't spend a lot of attention on warm down.


The swim put a dent in me, but I overcame it well.


Great event. Wonderful transition area. Not a huge expo, but I'm not sure if that's normal for an event this size. The course is great. This park was made for triathlon.