Wow, I was not ready for this pool at all. All my previous swims were in shallow lap pools, and this pool was 15' at the deep end. I'm also afraid of heights, so looking down in the deep end caused me to panic rather badly. After the first three laps, I started to close my eyes and let the lane line guide me, so I wouldn't panic. My swim was very poor, and probably at least 2min slower than it should have been.

I also haven't been in the water in close to a month, so my form was terrible and everything was rusty.

I did not expect the panic, and it is something I will need to work on. It's purely psychological, and my master's swimming program should help when it starts next week.

My first real transition, very smooth. Sat down, put on the shoes, and ready to rock. I was happy with it.

Need to practice more, and I should use the bucket method.

All right, my strong suit. I passed about 9 people on the bike, which I found great. Average pace was north of 20mph, which was shy of my goal of 22mph, but still acceptable.

Unfortunately, my taper rides got the best of me, and what should have been a 25mile ride on Thursday turned into a 45 mile ride with 1,700 feet of climbing, and on Friday what should have been a light spin turned into a hammerfest due to some emergency roadside issues, so I brought a little more fatigue into the event than I wanted.
I'm also too squirrely in aero, so I need to practice that.

Smooth transition, happy with it. I hit the timer button a little late, so it should only be about 60 seconds.

Bucket method.

Good run. The inital half mile was pretty poor, but overall I was happy with the effort.

Need to do more bricks, to get used to the pain, and toughen up.

Gatorade, walked a bit.


Took too much fatigue into the race from the previous days.


I wish there was more information available. A good website and more information would go a long way to make things better.