Water was 1 degree too warm to use wetsuits. Swim waves were ordered a bit strange. The waves were Open, all women, M 0-39, M 40-up. This causes a lot of congestion as the mens waves overtook many of the women. Lots of congestion at the buoys.

Train more. I didn't have much time to train for the swim due to schedule constraints.

Long run into transition. Had to run down a big steep hill that was grassy and wet. Otherwise it was fine. Exit to the bike course was a bit strange as you had to ramp over a wide median in a road to get to the mount/dismount line.

Run faster. I need to push a bit harder while running in and out of transition.

During the second lap the wind started to pick up out of the north. Aero position was definitely a help. Because the course was 4 laps there were a lot of bikes on the course. Definitely came across lots of people who were drafting on purpose.

Work on carrying a bit more speed through the corners and timing my passing better so I don't get caught in line waiting for a gap to pass.

Running without shoes caused alot of dirt and grass to get on the feet as I crossed the median into transition. I had to take a little extra time to clean the feet before I got the shoes on.

Not use socks. I just got new shoes 2 weeks earlier and was not comfortable running a 10K without socks in these shoes.

My goal was to go sub 8 min/mile. The cool air helped keep the core temperature in check. Only a few people passed me and I kicked it in hard at the end and passed 4 people in the last 400M.

Start pushing the pace a little earlier. I started to speed up at mile 4 and I think I should have kicked it up at mile 3.

Not much, walked around a bit and shook out the muscles. Then tried to get warm.


Low amount of swim fitness.


Lots of volunteers. Bike course was well policed and intersections were almost all staffed. Run course was well marked.