The swim was ok for me, it's not my strongest discipline by any means. The start was a little frustrating considering some jerk actually grabbed my ankle and tried to pull me under. I was a little off course heading to the first bouy but corrected fairly quickly. Exiting the lake and running across the bridge to the other half of the course was disorienting but I managed to catch my breath a little. The second half of the swim I had a lot of trouble sighting and I know I was way off course. I was "that guy" who is way outside of the pack looking lost, but Imanaged to finish in a decent time for me.

I need to work on sighting and staying on course more.

As usual I had trouble get my wetsuit off. I had to sit down and pull it off. My girlfriend was right beside the transition area cheering my on which helped tons. I had no problem running in the bike shoes this time since I switched to the new cleats. I lost about 4 minutes after I exited the transition area readjusting my rear tire. The race wheels don't sit right and like to slide up into the frame.

I think I'm going to cut the legs down on my wetsuit and practice getting it off more.

I loved the course except for the hill at mile 38. They actually closed off one side of the highway. The route along the water was beautiful and fast. I think I averaged 21 mph even with a slight headwind and a crampy hamstring. There was a third climb that I didn't expect.

Triple check my wheels and more hill repeats in training

This went pretty smooth. No problems racking the bike or finding my bag.

Nothing

I got a little excited when I came out of T2 and my watch said 3:36. If I could run around a 1:24 I might break 5 hours! My right hamstring had a different idea though, it started throbbing around 2 miles and I quickly decided to back off. I told myself that breaking 5 on your first HIM was a little ambitous and not worth a pulled hamstring.

Nothing.

Walked around and tried to stretch out my legs as much as I could.


My hamstring acting up.