87 of 245 age group
719 of 1949 male
855 of 2411 overall

I think I drafted pretty well, and that may be the main reason for a pretty good swim split.
My watch reports distance of only 1760 yds, for a pace of 1:51/100yds. So the course may have been a bit short.
Regardless, my placing for the swim was FAR above my placing for the bike or run.

Pretty good overall

I did a pretty good job of fueling, I think. Consumed:
- 3 servings of HammerGel (thought it was more)
- 4 servings of Clif Bloks
- 2 servings of Perpetuem
Did have some lower back issues, but not too bad. This time it was the left side.
I could feel my quads a 'decent bit' during the 2nd half of the ride. Given the fairly poor run, I wonder if I pushed too hard on the bike. However, power meter only said that I averaged 148W, which really doesn't seem right at all. I was watching HR during the bike (mostly during the 2nd half flat sections), and I was keeping it around low-mid 140's, so I thought that was OK.

Took feet out of shoes too early, but I knew I had a long way to run (rack was at the far end of transition), so didn't want to risk having to run that in bike shoes. If I had better known the details of the end of the bike course, I could have taken feet out of shoes later.

Not much. Overall it was pretty smooth.

173 of 245 age group
1322 of 1949 male
1507 of 2411 overall

- Consumed a lot of salt. Roughly 7 serving equivalents, I think, of the Hammer salt. 5-6 of mine and 1-2 from the course.
- Consumed ~2 servings of Hammergel
- Consumed ~1 Maurten gel
- Consumed coke on last ~3-4 miles of the run

Could feel my left lower back during the run, which is abnormal. Probably need to strengthen those muscles and/or work on form/positioning.

I think my run fitness is not adequate. I limited my pace to keep HR below 180 bpm.
As with other recent races, I was passed substantially during the run.

Not much. Got some water and food.


It was generally a well run race. They could have had more volunteers on the bike course to point out key turns or other road issues. Also, there was some serious drafting going on. I mean 20-50 person pelotons. Those people need to be penalized