The goal was to swim easy but fast so that's what I tried to do. I hit my swim time almost exactly, but I had to pass a couple of guys to do it. That's just how it is with a pool start.

At some point I will be confident enough in my flip turns to do them and not have them drain my energy too much.

This took an extra 20 seconds because I wanted to put on my garmin watch. Otherwise, pretty smooth even though the run in t1 just seems to go forever.

After 6 years I still don't put my pedals on my bike. And you know what, I'm not really that concerned about it.

Until last year, the bike was my worst part. With enough work though I'm getting better. The new course this year added a serious hill to the mix. I dropped to about 12-13 mph in a couple of spots.

Did manage to pass many people and only got passed by 2 guys.

I was pretty nervous about this bike ride. I've ridden thousands of miles in the past 6 years and got my first flat a few weeks ago. I was nervouse about whether or not I set the new tube in there correctly. Also, on the way over to the race my bike rack failed. Fortunately the bike fell to the roof of the car, rather than over the side. If it had leaned the other way it may have fallen off at 70 mph. Because of the fall I didn't know if anything had been damaged. The wheels seemed true but there was nothing I could do at that point. Worked out ok for the race but I'll have to do some inspections.

I've had some trouble with the front derailleur getting stuck in the small ring, so I stayed in the big ring the whole time. Some of those hills called for the small ring.

Pretty standard. I could probably cut another 10-20 seconds off.

I really thought I was running harder than this. My first 2 miles went by under 7 minute pace, but not where I wanted it to be. Passed a bunch of people and got passed by 2.

Forgot to hit "stop" on the watch after I finished, but I am sure the distance is long. Only 3 people in the whole race beat 20 minutes on the 5k. There should be a dozen or so in that category.

I should have pushed a little harder. I had a little more in the tank I could have used.

Only myself.