swim felt great. Was a bit annoyed at the beginning when the people in front of me were moseying to the water from the start line, but once i got in the water I swam a bit to the side and then was pretty in the clear for most of it. Did have some trouble sighting once I was staring right into the sun, but overall it was a good, solid swim.

make sure my goggles are on tighter

This transition is LONG--0.55miles, according to Garmin. Got out of the water and popped my wetsuit stripper cherry. That went okay, but not sure it saved me any time, to be honest. Found my shoes in the shoe valet and got them on for the long run. Did a pretty good pace the whole T1 forever. Had to pee for the run. Held it until I got to the grass in transition and then let go--not a great idea. I apparently had to pee alot and there was pee flying off my feet as I ran. It was a bit gross, but yolo!

I would put both feet into my chacos before bending down to tighten them. I would tighten them more--they slipped a bit.

The bike was amazing. I had so much fun. I ignored my power targets and just let 'er rip. I hope I don't pay for that decision tomorrow. I passed so many people and got to cheer each of them on as I did so. I also yelled my head off at the people in the back half of the race on my way back. /it was a blast. At one point I was passing two dudes, so I yelled out "on your left, boys!: and a lady on the outgoing side let out a little whoop for me. That may become one of my favorite triathlon memories!

nothing--nada--not one thing

T2 felt pretty good. This is a huge transition area. Took an extra second to make sure my feet were (relatively) dry before putting on socks for the run. Also took a second to put a towel over my bike hydration bottle because I knew I would want to drink that left over infinit after the race and didn't want it to get too warm. Turns out there was like 1oz left, if that. I guess I hydrated well on the bike!

Probably could switch to speed laces and save myself a bit of time, but other than that, I felt pretty good about T2.

I suck at running! Here is where I lost first place. For me, it was a good pace and a good overall run. There was no point where I wanted to stop and walk. I felt strong the whole race. At just before the turn around, my stomach did start to get a bit sloshy, but I was able to push through that and finish strong.

Cheered for people, but not as many

not much--run was good for me

If I want to really be competitive, I need to improve my run a lot.

what do you mean, warm down? Don't you just stop going forward?

Needless to say, I did nothing in the realm of warm down. I drank 16oz of chocolate milk to partially make up for the protein shake I forgot at the hotel (barf--please consider that my penance for such a bone headed mistake!). Then walked to pack up my gear and bike. Hung out a bit looking at results. Walked back to the course to cheer on Janice as she finished. Wandered around a bit waiting for awards. Drank remaining infinit from bike bottles and run bottles (just under one bottle of infinit post-race). Rode my bike back to car (~1mi).


run--whether it is strength, muscular endurance, cardiovascular fitness, or mechanics--or all combined to some extent. I was front of the pack (for my division) for bike and swim (and transitions), but then fell off in the run considerably.


This is an amazing race. The whole weekend is fantastic. Very beginner friendly. Very good course for racing fast and furious. That T1 run sucks, but there are so many people around that it is actually kind of fun (in that enjoy the suffering/embrace the suck kinda way we triathletes tend to like).

Highly recommend GR Tri at any distance (Sprint, super sprint, Oly, HIM all offered over the course of the weekend)!!!