I had not been in a lake swim in a long time and was unable to practice the lake swim at all. I knew there was a difference between the pool and the lake swim. We ran into the water from the beach start which wasn't the best thing to do. I could feel my heart rate go up. The water was very choppy which kind of induced a panic feeling. I wasn't able to breath the way I usually do. I started the breast stroke but then swallowed too much water. Once I got to the rounding bouy I got into the rhythm and got very comfortable in the water (the way I usually am).

Definitely OWS practice. Next time I will start out slower to get into my rhythm and to keep my hear rate down. Practice, practice and some more practice.

It was a good distance from the water to the transition area. It was also open racking. I lost my bike ... I ran around trying to find my bike and got disoriented. That was by far the worst transition ever. I was able to get my hear rate strap on, get the Sunglasses and Helmet on and was able to slip very quickly into my bike shoes.

I will be marking my transition spot with an orange flag to see the bike easier.

My lower back was cramping up during the whole ride. I am not sure why that happened but I am used to ride in the aero position. No matter what I did I was unable to loosen up my lower back and coming out of the saddle on the hills didn't help either. It started getting warmer very quick. Also realized that in the Olympic distance I was one of the very few that didn't have a decent road or tri bike. Looks like the end of the season can't come fast enough to invest in a tri bike. Had a Larabar on the bike!

Practice, practice, practice. I think it all comes down to more practice. I will also need to bring my bike in the shop to get tuned. While I was riding all kinds of things were making noise and rubbing against each other.

Transitioning from bike to run went very smooth. I am so glad I got the Zoot shoes to slip in without having to fasten anything.

Nothing to do different. Pretty decent transition.

This was by far my worst performance running in a triathlon yet. I walked a lot and had plenty of water and gatorade at the water stations but I should have had a little bit more. My right ankle started hurting at mile 3.

Practice, practice and some more practice.

laying in the grass ... muscle milk and gatorade


No practice in the OWS, limited practice on the bike and very limited practice for the run. Too much body weight and no wetsuit.


Dallas Athletes did an amazing job once again. I can't complain at all.