Even after the swim warmup, still wasn't ready for breathing in the tightness of a full suit and the cold water. The 'cold' pool I train in is usually around 78.

More time in the pool, I missed quite a few swim workouts leading up to the race.

I'm not entirely certain what was doing in T1 - ordering out for pizza and waiting for delivery to arrive? I knew it didn't go well, I was really gassed for air coming out of the water couldn't even run to T1. Really I was happy to have survived the swim... I also did precious little transition practice in training, and at that it was bike to run transitions for bricks. Also didn't help I was so disoriented I was looking for my bike in the wrong row.

More practice, especially with wetsuit removal and putting on shoes while wet.

PR bike split pace! Felt good on the bike and realized toward the end I could have gone faster. Passes went well. Only got passed by a few, and most often full aero bikes with Zipps (of course)

Up the pace, try to push one harder gear than I was. I'm just happy that additional bike training in the offseason combined with aero tweaks paid off

Must have been eating leftover pizza from the prior delivery, or otherwise having a picnic. Struggled a bit getting my running shoes on, been saying now for 3 years I need to go to locklaces... Also despite powdering the shoes and going sockless I still couldn't get my feet in.

Locklaces, more T2 practice/bricks

Despite the good rankings on the run, this was a slow run for me. I've spent more time on bike training this year and as a result my run training has suffered. I need to go back to what worked for me in training two summers ago when I was a min/mile faster.

More speed work, and go back to run/walk on maintenance and long runs. The runs were so short (compared to marathon training) I felt like I didn't need walk breaks. But walk breaks help not only prevent injury, but also to potentially increase the pace while running which for me at least is better prep for race day pacing.

Lots of water, some fresh oranges and watermelon. Some stretching immediately after finishing, then taking care of clearing up my gear in transition and getting myself out of the way before the Olympic athletes started rolling in to T2


Missed training, not training in the same way that worked in the past.


This was Max Performance first go-round at this venue, but they pulled it off like they'd been there for years. Post race bbq, awards ceremonies, and beer garden (!) were excellent.