Started pretty high up for me in a sprint, so I was only worried about being passed but I had done a TT early in the week and felt my time would solid. The girl in front of me asked if flip turns were ok, I told her yes but if she hadn't practiced doing the under the lap line it wasnt a good idea, she said she would try the first one and see how it goes, well it went terrible, not sure on total damage but her head hit the lap lane and she was hanging on the wall as i went by. next 150 was easy with nobody except oncoming traffic to deal with. with 50 to go i caught a group of 4 and did a slow draft of them, the last 25 i passed all 4 on the left side as the pool opened up to the stairs exit. (now in 10th place)

seed myself a few seeds higher as i had the 3rd best swim of the group but seeded myself at 15th.

got into transition and one of the relay team members was blocking my rack i yelled for him to move and it was the worlds greatest inconvenience for him. then i got everything dressed and was out. I passed 4 people out (now in 6th place)

normal slow transition for me but acceptable.

I passed 2 people within the first 2 miles (4th place) then ended up in a weird spot, where i could see anyone and was doubting if i was going the right direction. at mile 5 i passed another 2 to move to second place and at the aquatic research center saw the guy in first (2nd place). after the flip i set out to get him but then ended up the last 2 miles worried i had missed a turn and my pace went from 24-25 down to 22. i got a glimpse of him on a long mile straight away and then ramped it back up. pulled into transition with the best bike of the day.

know the course better so I'm not worried about getting lost so much and learn to race from the front. not usually a race leader, usually get the benefit of just following others around the course.

So I had one of the slowest T2's ever but I couldn't feel my legs. I was worried about my run from the last couple tri's and being all blown up at the end of the bike. The day before the race my new nike zoom fly's arrived, after walking a mile in them i decided they would be my race shoes the only problem is the tongue has to be just right or it bunches so lacing too me a bit since I didn't have quick laces.

Should have ordered quick laces when I ordered the shoes.

Started out the run and went through a lot of self doubt on the first .6 of a mile, couldn't feel my legs, hurt to breathe, and just started worrying that I was going to blow up at any moment. Crossed the street to the aid station took a cup of water, dumped a cup of water and then began the jog up the hill (hurt) after the hill it just became 1 foot in from of the other. All the volunteers kept a lot of energy and letting me know I was in 2nd place. I saw the 1st place guy after the turn and knew he had about 2 minutes on me that I wouldn't be able to close down. So the course is .1 long so you can see the marsh (very pretty, not upset with the extra distance). After the turn I was hurting but soon saw the 3rd place guy, I knew I had a little over a minute on him but where he was in swim seed knew that it meant almost no lead. I picked up the pace a little until mile 2, hit the hill again, everyone I was seeing was looking bad and walking coming in the opposite direction. I rounded the corner and gave it everything I had, heartrate was maxed out but the shoes wanted to go faster, they really carried me through the race. Ended up I won 2nd place by 3 seconds.

be tougher mentally.

I crossed the line and then went straight to the pool and sat in the kiddy end for about 10 minutes cooling off. Did some stretching, packed transition, then hung around for awards.


mental toughness and knowledge of the course.


This is a great race course for beginners or for somebody looking to drop the hammer for an hour. Pool is very nice, roads are flat and shaded with lots of support, run course is nice out and back. Go race productions does a great job!