Nerves were a huge issue at the swim start. I was so nervous. The first 200 meters were really bad. Mentally I was out of the race before I started. Finally, settled into a rhythm.

Swim the course before. Do more open water practice. Go out strong. Try to get control of my nerves.

Little disoriented after the swim. This transition took too long. But part of my strategy was to make sure I had my bearings before getting on the bike.

Run harder from swim to transition area. Run harder with the bike.

I was worried about the hills on the course. I thought it would be pretty tough. It wasn't as bad as I thought. So I attacked several of the hills later in the race and felt good about it. Unfortunately, many of the downhills bottomed at in an intersection where it wasn't possible to get all your momentum's worth out of the downhill into the next up hill. Felt good about bike handling.

Go out a little stronger if I knew I was going to be okay on the hills.

Better T2 time than Cape May. Felt fast.

Would have had Yanks for my new shoes. As it was I had to tie my laces.

Felt strong. Perhaps went out a little bit too fast. Rather than getting faster by 10-15 sec. per mile I got a little slower by that amount.

Start a little slower and build. I also wish I had driven the course or even run the course before

Unfortunately not much. I had to run to a golf outing that afternoon


Unfamiliarity with the course. Mental block on the swim.