Started in a good spot towards the right and swam great for the first 200 or so. Mixed up the breast stroke as needed. Shoulders definitely started getting sore at the turnaround. Sighting was great and I swam straight lines. Came out about 5th in my wave.

Shoulders. Wetsuit seems to exacerbate this as well.

Not bad but I wanted to wear socks to prevent blistering and this added a good bit of time.

Pretty good ride and happy with my time and rankings. Not a difficult or technical course but there are tight turns and very narrow singletrack with rogue rocks. And because it was two laps, there was a lot of tough passing to be done. First lap wasn't bad but the second lap had me riding with the last swim waves.

Dropped my chain twice and hit rocks hard enough that it caused me to unclip three different times. Pushed the ride though out and legs felt good off the bike.

Pretty quick transition, 3rd best in my AG.

Came out of transition with a stomach cramp that got worse. Extremely frustrating as my legs felt good but I couldn't push it as the cramp was very painful. Tried different breathing, massage, short walk: nothing helped. Cramp finally released at about 4 miles and I was able to really pick up the last mile but too little, too late.

Not sure what this cramp was all about. Only drank about a 1/2 bottle of Cytomax on the bike, though I did push the bike hard. Haven't cramped like this in awhile. I think I lost a good 3-4 minutes because of this.

Walked around and stretched a bit.


It was all good except for the cramp on the run. Could have been a really great race, maybe top 5 in my AG.


Great course. Not ridiculously hard like Beaver Creek but still challenging. Well run and beautiful swim and run.