Mostly uneventful, since the wave was small (61 total) I did the usual start on right to sight left, but there were only 1 swimmers in front of me initially; a second was doing a poor drafting job and petting my toes, so I kicked them off and made them go around. after that, one other from the group came by just before the turn, and we were already catching waves 5 and 6.
After the turn, I wound up a little wide trying to catch caps in front, not thinking the were off course as well - figured that out once I came up on a kayak with two swimmers resting. Overall this was a really enjoyable swim, even though it wasnt my best pace.

Keep the yardage and weekly swim frequency up before an event...hard to do on the heels of my 'A' event in August and the start of the school year.

Best time ever getting out of the full suit. Fubar of the moment was starting to leave transition without my helmet, which my rack mates quickly pointed out - that was probably 20-30 seconds extra

Not get all the way to Bike Out without a lid on my skull

The course started out well enough, things felt good and I had my practiced nutrition in bottles and bento, and the recent experience of not drinking all I carried at Boulder. Between the turaround and the turn onto Watkins, Mack Babcock caught me and we talked some, then I caught him again on Watkins. Right after the turn onto Colfax I caught Todd, Mack rolled up on us again, and we had a group ride for a bit before Mack took off.
I took off while Todd paced, and all went well until the lite climbing on the south leg. The same knee issue from Boulder woke up again here, and the discomfort was strong I had to dial it back just a little. Todd rolled by shortly after, looking strong. I just nursed the knee all the way back, and when I climbed off in T2 realized it would have been an 2 sport day even If I had signed up for the full, no way could I run at this point.

Avoid chronic overuse injuries

After transition jog-limped the 200m down to the finish, and relished the slip-n-slide finish. I sat in the tub at the end for a bit, then after walking around a bit took the hose form the slide monitor and resoaked my self. It was already pretty warm, and the knee hurt so I ate and packed it in.
I also noticed what seemed like several people choosing to DNF, rolling into T2 and not leaving...just packing up transition.


training level last 4 weeks, and the knee


This is a good and challenging course, and Lance does a great job running things overall.