Seeded start, and so I was number 80. Didn't warm-up because I did not want to try and do anything too fast for fear of injuring myself. So took it nice and easy. I got passed quickly by the guy that started right behind me (I think at 100m mark), but I did pass 2-3 other people.

Felt good getting out of the water and running to T1. I was happy that my knee and ankle weren't in pain.

I tried to go harder on the bike than normal because I both wanted to tire myself out more so that I wouldn't try to run faster and because I knew my run was going to be really slow.

I am absolutely baffled that my T2 time was only 90 seconds. I put on socks and had lace up shoes which is totally opposite of what I normally wear.

Ran at just the right speed. I could have gone a little faster, but didn't want to hurt my joints. But I did notice that I couldn't have gone much faster, simply because I haven't run very much. So that made me kind of sad because I know my fitness level is nowhere near what it used to be.

Stretched. Got some Gatorade and an orange and a cookie.


Kind of glad that I wasn't able to do SBR and instead had to do this race. It's very short and easy and probably just what I needed to get back into racing.