I had a terrible swim!!! It sucked. Started when the woman starting tapped me on the head only did it to early so threw my concentration at the start.. then went out WAY to fast and blew up in the first 200m. Let the guy behind me pass and then drafted off of him trying to get my breath. Found myself stopping in the shallow end taking a few breaths, letting him get ahead and then catching up to him and drafting again. Passed him around 500m and remembered how I need to swim and finished better. But it didn't feel smooth.

ARMS ARMS ARMS!!! I have a really efficient pull and i need to remember to use it. Not to start off kicking which just uses my oxygen. Race my own race!!

My transition ROCKED! Passed two people during it! Grabbed my wet bag hit the change tent, rolled up the knee warmers and socks. Grabbed my jacket and ran out. Didn't know where to put the bag so yelled at the volunteers who gave me directions. Threw the coat on, timing belt, and put gloves on during the 300m run to the bike transition. Ran strong and fast! Got to the bike, helmet on, glasses on, runners off, bikes shoes on, and grabbed the bike. thought about cutting a corner but ended up slipping in my road shoes and got all the volunteers worried. But stayed on my feet. Got on the bike and the clipless were no problem and off I went.

Not try to slip and fall during T1. :) So glad I practiced getting on and off the bike, and putting the knee warmers and socks on last night.

Bike was great. Finally got in the mood to race after the swim. Stayed in the drops the whole time and kept a strong cadence. Passed several women and got passed by some really fast men. Passed someone, and then she passed me, then I passed her towards the hill. Battled with one woman down the hill and through a turn around trying to pass her then finally left her. At one point I came up to 3 people. 2 on the left, one who was trying to pass them on the right but they were catching up to him. Yelled "on your left" and they all freaked out and didn't know which way to go. so I yelled "up the middle" and split the distance between the 3 of them and flew by. Definitely helped give me a little kick at the end.

Just water instead of cytomax on the bike. Push a little harder. And push the speed all the way back to transition. different gloves since a few fingers in my left hand went numb.

Another fairly good transition. I unclipped my foot WAY to early comming into transition but stopped at the right point behind the line and didn't slip getting back to my rack. Very few bikes on the rack when i got there and racked by the handlebars, took the jacket off, switched shoes and struggled a bit to get the gloves off.

gloves that are easier to come off maybe?

Legs felt good coming off the bike. After the first km I noticed my left footfalls were kind of hard, and after 2km I started to get a bit of a cramp in my shins. Ran through it. 3km I picked up the pace which felt a lot smoother. Passed a guy up the last little hill but he stayed close enough that I could hear his steps so he pushed me all the way to the end. Picked up the pace as we got to the finish and sprinted the last 100m. Only got passed by men, and passed several women from previous heats.

Run is my weakest so need to pick up my average pace. Really need to work on my run!!!! But this is also a PR so I am stoked to be under 30 minutes.

walked, ate a piece of and orange and found my friends. One of them took TONS of pictures and I can't wait to see her pictures.


Mental stuff. Had a lot of negative mental talk this week for some reason and didn't have that "excitement" to race. It was weird. REALLY bad thoughts during the first half of the swim. Thought about giving up on the whole thing! Also needed to eat better the last few days and hydrate more.


good except for the results not being posted until tuesday.