Goggles rode up on my face when I dove in. Did the first 50 meters with goggles filled with water. Took in some water while trying to breathe. A bad start! Re-grouped at the wall at 100 meters and finished the swim a full 90 seconds slower than my usual practice swim.

i would have jumped in the pool rather than dive in. That is my usual method in practice and I shouldn't have deviated on race day.

T1 was kind of a blur after the bad swim. I jogged into transition, took off my goggles, put on my helmet, wiped off my feet, put on sock, shoes, grabbed the bike and jogged out

Transition time was slow. I took too long wiping off feet and was too deliberate in all of my movements. Should have been a minute faster here

Bike portion was good. I maintained a good steady effort without ever pushing too hard. I didn't want to sabotage the run by pushing too hard on the bike.

I think I could have pushed a bit harder on the bike. I also didn't drink enough on the bike.

Took way too long in T2. Spent too much time drinking as I was thirsty off the bike. Then when I started running out of transition my race belt fell off as it apparently hadn't been snapped closed.

Drink more on the bike. Practice transitions. Make sure race belt is secure.

My best event against the field and age group but I ran a bad race. I came out of T2 WAY too fast - about 16% faster than my desired pace in the first 1/2 mile. This made the rest of the race brutal and I finished about a minute slower than my goal.

Need to practice running pace off the bike. My Garmin 920 is never reliable in the first 1/2 mile, so my thought is to get a footpod to pair with the watch for better real time pace information.

Walking and dynamic stretching along with a post race smoothie provided by the race organizer


Need more practice in transitions and better pacing of the run off the bike


Great event for a worthwhile cause (Down's Syndrome). Lots of enthusiastic volunteers. The race organizer Jerry does a fantastic job.