Hadn't been swimming much, so was pretty happy to have a good time here

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Pretty good, don't recall and issues

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Felt pretty good on this one, was pushing the pace for the most part. At the turn around I realized I was somehow in 1st place!! What?! On the way back a guy passed me, but I just told myself to not go crazy, keep him close, and see if you can run him down.

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Gained a few seconds on the leader here, always helpful

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I could see the leader in transition, so I knew I wasn't too far behind. I tried to keep the pace consistent so I didn't spend all my energy early on. Going through the cave was fun, because at that point I was getting pretty close to him, and I didn't want to slow down. I ended up tripping on a rock in the darkness, and bit the dust. Luckily I was able to sort of roll out of it without costing myself too much time. The bloodied knees made for some fun post race questions and pictures. I ended up catching the leader after the turn around, but also realized there were 2 other guys coming for me, fast. This is where my exhaustion came into play. I wanted to win so bad, but I just couldn't summon another level to hold them off. I really tried, but the legs just weren't responding. They both passed me, and I couldn't do anything about it. The top three ended up being separated by just 13 seconds. I was disappointed, but 3rd overall ain't too shabby!

Nothing, gave it my all.

Hung around and chatted with Leigh and the kids. I helped Evie get set up for his first triathlon ever with the Open. She wanted me to run with her on the bike, which proved to be quite a challenge because she was FLYING. I think I ran faster doing that than I did during my race.


Exhaustion from the hiking trip and traveling the previous day.


Really liked this location for the HITS race, 100X better than Kingston last year. Hopefully they keep it here in the future.