I had a pretty solid swim. I found some feet before the first turn buoy and just stuck on them the entire time. Rounding the last turn buoy we caught a bunch of people from another wave, and it was pretty much a free for all. I got out of the water, and Deanne said that I was in 6th in my wave, a little over 2 minutes down on first.

Nothing.

4th best T1 in the race despite taking the time to put on socks and shoes because there's a long run on gravel from transition to the mount line.

Out-rode the second best bike split by over 8 minutes. I probably started out a little too strong because I wanted to real everybody in front of me in, and when I caught first place 15 minutes into the ride, I liked my chances for the race. Averaged 302 watts/26.9 mph for the first half and 285 watts/26.2 mph for the second lap. Eased off in the second half because I wanted to make sure I was going to be able to run ok.

Start out a little slower.

10th overall T2. Ran in my shoes back over the gravel to transition.

Nothing

I saw Deanne a half mile into the run, and she said nobody else had come in off the bike for 6 minutes so I knew I had at least a 6 minute lead at that point. I decided to keep it "comfortably hard" to the turn around, see what kind of lead I had and adjust from there. I knew going in the run course was longer than the 8.8 advertised miles, but I was still kind of surprised to go all the way out to over 4.6 before the turn around. I didn't see anyone for 4 minutes, meaning I had an 8 minute lead! I decided to slow down and run something closer to 7 minute pace because that would mean someone would have to run 5 minute pace to catch me. My left hammy cramped at mile 5.5, but it passed quickly and I was able to resume running pretty well. Crossed the line in 1st place in just under 3 hours!

Bring some salt pills.

Walking around and cheering on other finishers.


Stuck around for awards to pick up the 1st place medal :)