My goggles were foggy before I even started. Nevertheless, the first hundred was good. I started out right in the thick of it. Nobody, including myself, stopped to apologize for running into each other this year.I felt good for the first 2/3 of three swim. Rounding the last buoy heading into shore, my goggles were so foggy I couldn't see anything and drifted a little off course. I had to stop swimming to then out to avoid running into the kayaks.

I need to relax, remember my form, and most importantly figure out a way to keep my goggles clear.

It was about a 300 yard run, uphill to transition. I nearly couldn't get my shirt on. Suit came off well, socks went on well.

I need to learn to have my pedals clipped in and to run without socks. But today, there was a wet squishy trail at the beginning of the run that soaked my feet, so I wish I had put on my toe socks. It was a mud pit on the way back; I nearly lost a shoe.

It was probably a bad idea to go on a really long ride three days before the race. That ride took longer than expected to recover from. As soon as I jumped on the bike, my quads didn't want to work properly. And there was an immediate long climb to start the bike course. It took quite a while to get my heartrate down. I was barely holding on for the first, hilly part of the course. I passed a bunch of people on the middle, downhill part. And I felt much better for the last part. I spit a lot on the course. I never spit on the bike. I do blow my nose on the bike, but I didn't today because I didn't want to accidently spray anyone behind me. The ride, while fun, was disappointing. I had hoped to do 6-8 minutes better.

Don't ride six times further than the race distance three days before the race. Even if it is a C race. I've got to convince myself that hill repeats will be fun if I ever try them. I need more hilly training rides.

Jumping off moving bike? Some people are crazy. the volunteers were telling us to stop well before the dismount line. I didn't take my feet out of my shoes soon enough, and then there were turns at the end, so I wore my bike shoes into transition. Still pretty good though. I passed one guy on the way in running with my bike. I lost a toggle from my race belt on the way out.

Get my feet on top of my shoes while on the bike. Run out faster.

I knew the run was going to hurt. It did. Running is my weakness.My legs were already shot, and there's a big hill very early on. I haven't run up hills in training. I walked two of the four aid stations, although I probably didn't need it. As bad as it was, I still pr'd the 5k.

I really need more consistent run training.

Walking, stretching, and eating cookies.


My legs hated me coming out of the water, even though I didn't kick much. I think it was a combination of worn out legs from a really long ride three days ago and a lack of a good warmup.


Overall, even though I didn't quite make the time I was hoping for, I did improve my time on this course from last year by 42 minutes. So I shouldn't complain too much.