The swim was a lot rougher than I expected. I took my time entering and was kind of hanging back to let the fast guys get out. I was then pretty well boxed in by four other guys. By the time we finished I was pretty upset with not getting around them and finding some clean water. So mentally I was already taking myself out of the race.

I think that I am a better swimmer than I give myself credit. I think I should go out with the faster guys and sure some are going to pass me but apparently you are going to swam into anyway so why not at the front of the bunch.

I wasn't very happy coming out of the water and this affected my transition. I was focusing on the next step and moving on.

Forget the swim and move on there is nothing else to do but forge on.

Took a while to get going and the wind was pretty stiff that we were starting into, but once I decided it was time get out my funk and start chasing people down things got better.

Get out there and get it wound up from the start and then settle back into my pace. It just took me too long to get going.

This went real well and by now I was feeling pretty good with myself.

This was a long distance to run with the bike. Next time I have one like this I think I will take my shoes off when I dismount.

The run was tough, I put in a pretty good effort on the bike and the legs weren't really coming back but ran a pretty typical run for me lately.

I need to put in a lot more road miles. I just have not been running enough.