Dark water and minimal contact after first 5 minutes, sun light together with fogged goggles made return swim harder to keep the line of return.

Warm up in water to get muscles (shoulders) ready

Very long (100 yards) run from water to TA, though it allowed for wetsuit to come all the way below butt.

get a better start IE jump on bike verses from standing

No split time for bike by athleteslounge.com so it is lumped as a very interesting T2 time so estimate of just over a minute T2 time and did the math for the results above.

I think I had to decide whether to pass the first person I did, which I would do again but I think I pushed way too hard to catch the other three I passed. I ended up passing everyone I did in the 1st lap so what I am thinking was a steady push could have resulted in me passing them on the second lap which would have made it harder for them to chase me. Mental thought here is they would have raced there race pushing themselves and then I would pass when they were at their low.

I almost lost it coming in the in chute to the transition area ...gravel and tight turn in. Atleast I was off the bike and not barefooted.

nothing I can think of

I cannot explain how blown away I am with my pace, though a little stressed over how this will effect my 1/2 IM

pacing but not sure I would have passed anyone with pacing or finished the way I did . as run really too short to think the two behind me and two I passed would have been catchable if I paced.

little to none except walking it out with the boys.


swim did not get in rithem fast enough


My first race so not much to compare to but overall very satisfied with the organizers and how they impressed my sedentary children who know little fitness with their mother.