Again, I swam a lot extra. I think I added 5-10 minutes onto my time. Otherwise, I felt strong. I am not great at sighting though, or it was just not good conditions. The sun would be in my eyes and my goggles were fogged so I couldn't see the buoy. At one point I was swimming to the wrong buoy and someone in a kayak had to chase me down to tell me. Then I went to that buoy anyway after rounding the right one, which is where I should've gotten out. I was in no man's land so didn't see anyone else getting out.

Not swam extra...

I could've been faster but I was still reeling from my stupidity in the swim so wasn't really focused.

Move on without focusing on what I had just done in the swim.

Again, I was really upset about the swim, probably for the first half of the bike. I was also (again) in no man's land. I passed a few people but mostly had people passing me in aero helmets with aero bars. My arms were really tired from the swim and I had a hard time holding my body comfortably. I also had a pain in my lower right glute and was uncomfortable the entire ride. I've never felt so negative during a tri. About halfway through I had the thought of "if this were a sprint I would be off this damn bike by now." Shortly after that I was like, I need to not be so negative and tried to change my thoughts to be positive and try to ignore the pain. I also spent the last 5 miles trying to wake my toes up for the run.

Bike more to train. I say this every tri. It's just really difficult for me to find time to bike. And I really dislike it to be honest. In a group I enjoy it, but by myself I do not. And I don't push myself.

I did okay but definitely could've been better. I was just so happy to be sitting on the ground instead of the bike.

maybe not sit down

I, for the 3rd time that day, ended up in no man's land around mile 2. My toes had finally woken up but I was tired and facing 4 more miles. Then a girl caught up to me and reminded me I was racing. We ran together for the next mile and a half or 2 miles. I started to pull ahead a little and thought she would come but she didn't, but I felt really great and knew I had a lot left in me, so I took off. Felt strong for the rest of the race and just picked people off. This is definitely the best I've ever felt running in a tri. I'm very happy with my run training leading up to this race.

Nothing!

Walked around for a bit waiting for my friend to finish. Stretched. That's pretty much it.


Swimming extra, not enough bike training.


This was a very well done event. Very organized and lots of volunteers who were always ready to answer a question or give water or gatorade. We also had great weather, so nice work on coordinating that :-)