I had some trouble staying with everyone during most of the swim. When I started to draft, I didn't trust that they were swimming straight, stop to sight and then would lose them. I seemed to take the course wider than everyone else, and was having pains in my left hip and shoulder towards the end. I wonder if the pains are the cause or result of my crooked swimming.

Not sure why I was so off today and what I did wrong. Maybe I need to swim more than once or twice a week, although it didn't feel like a lack of fitness issue, but more of a lack of swimming straight skills.

Put my sandals on my the water and ran the quarter mile on the road to transition. I remembered to pick up my GUes this time and got biking.

Nothing.

I had some trouble with my chocolate GU. When I was putting the top back in my jersey pocket, I squeezed the packet and it got all on my hands. I licked most of it off, but my shifter was sticky for the first several miles until it dried. I almost got clipped my an Expedition, I yelled and smacked his fender with my laft hand as I passed his dumb ass. Idiot SUV drivers. Besides that, I had a good ride and passed a lot of people. One guy on a road bike passed me in the hilly section and I thought that his bike probably gave him an advantage in this race. If I win the lottery, I'll buy a road bike to use at this race.

Be more careful with my Gu.

Dismount on road, run over gravel and grass to transition.

Uneventful run, passed one guy and saw no one else. I used a couple of the water stops, but felt as if I had too much to drink as the water was sloshing around in my stomach.

I got a massage for the first time after a race, that was nice. Farmington River Brewery was there and I had some beer while packing up and during the awards. Mmm...free beer.


Much better run race now that HMF took it over from CATS. The swim is nice and the bike and run courses are challenging.