Not a great swim. Got tired early, not sure why...probably went out too hard. Maintained my stroke, did catch some short breaths at pool end a couple of times.

Solid transition. Got in and out pretty well.

Decent bike...lots of wind which slowed us all down some, I think. And the hills seemed hard. I made it up OK in lower gears but the legs were burning. Tried to take the first loop very comfortably. Pushed with some five-minute HI intervals on a couple minutes rest on the second loop

Need to work on leg strength for hills to be better.

Decent transition. Shoes came on easily with bungee laces, but I still have to sit down to get them on.

Followed my normal protocol, only with walking periods of 45 seconds instead of a minute. For the most part, normal power seemed to be in the 180s. Total power came in at 165 for the race. Had hoped to do some higher intensity intervals, but those more or less came naturally on the hills. I did jog easily up most hills, all but one that came during a walking interval.

Nothing...this will remain my plan going forward.

Guzzled a bottle of water and walked around a bit.


Advancing age, I'm afraid.