Actual swim was good - if I had listened closely during the pre-race announcement I would not have gone off course and known that we had to exit the water and re-enter. Lost about 2 mins - totally preventable.

Pay closer attention during pre-race briefing.

Good transition. Made a conscious decision to not rush and put on socks. Still a decent T1 time.

Not much - no snags - T1 went as planned.

Nice bike course. Rolling / flat as expected, so 57 miles of pretty much non-stop pedaling. The skies opened up at about mile 7 and it poured for about 30-40 mins. Eventually it stopped and dried up. Also, the wind picked up as expected. The last 10 miles the wind was kicking pretty good. I was happy with my decision to stick with my regular wheels and tires as I saw many changing flats, regular tires had more grip in the rain, and people with rear discs were getting blown around by the wind. 20 mph avg was as planned - not too hard...except when riding into the wind - but tried to keep cadence up then.

Not much.

Very smooth T2 - 16th overall without much effort.

Nothing.

Felt ok at first - did an 8:17 for the first mile. Everything was downhill after that. Pace slowed each mile until mile 9 when I blew up. Lungs seized and I had to walk. Miles 9 through 12.5 were walking and doing the "old man shuffle". Was able to muster enough to "run" the last .6.

Have to start the run much slower and only increase speed at the end if possible. Wind and heat took more out of me than I realized. Need to work on this for longer races.

Drank a couple of Coke's (helps me a lot after a long race) and ate a little.


Need to pace better on the run.


Plenty of water on the run, but another water stop on the bike would be nice. The race was really well run with a good number of volunteers.