Time includes T1. The swim went very well. I started out in front and went out fairly quickly so that I would have room to swim. I swam surprisingly straight and had zero contact to the 1st buoy. My shoulders started getting tired from the full wetsuit and I faded a little coming back to shore.

Nothing, was very happy with the swim.

I don't have the T1 time but everything went smoothly

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Since this is such a short race, I just went as hard as I could on the bike. Everything was going great and I was passing a lot of people early. For a while I was in no mans land and was a little disappointed I wasn't catching anyone but then one of the volunteers told me I was 6th so that explained it. About 2 miles from the end, I started getting really bad cramping in my back and stomach. It was so bad I could barely breath. The last mile is pretty much down hill so I sat up and tried to relax a bit but it didn't really help. I think quite a few people I passed made up some ground that last mile.

More swim bikes as I think it was effort on the swim that caused the cramping in the back.

T2 time is included in the run but this went well.

I was really hurting when I started the run. My back was no longer a problem but my stomach was still cramped up and my both calves started cramping...ughh. Right away 3 guys passed me on the run. 1 guy took off like a rocket never to be seen again but the other two didn't really pull away that much. At this point I was just hoping to hold on to top 10. A little way into the run, I passed by Seth's house and he threatened me with a rubber snake :) For some strange reason that seemed to do the trick. At this point yet another guy passed me but now my calves were starting to loosen up. Slowly I picked up the pace and repassed 2 guys and tried to hang with the third. The stomach cramping never went away which made breathing difficult but my legs were now feeling really good . I couldn't catch the guy in front of me but I managed to hold off the guys behind me.

I think the calf cramps were caused by pointing my toes down too much on the bike...this happens when I don't pay attention to my riding form. Otherwise I was actually pretty happy with the run considering the other factors.

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Just more training but I was very happy with the race


Though I know I can go a lot faster, I couldn't have not gone faster today so I am very a happy with the result. I am spending this season hammering the bike to see what effects it has on my run...today hurt but it was a good learning experience.