The swim started off as a run in, I managed to get out about ten yards before I dove in.I did not get smacked, but It was very crowded and got shoved to the point that drafting would not be an option. There was a ton of climbing going on, I was just as guilty, but you really did not have a choice. Our pack was tight and I was directly in the middle, we actually ran over people as we went, I could not see the victims because of the splashing, it felt as though they were vertical as we ran over them. I could not get into my grove, it was way too crowded and the swim too short,you just had to swim all out or get run over, bad thing was we were zig zagging. This was my first ocean swim,it was not real choppy but I got to drink some saltwater and I am not too crazy about the taste.I was exhausted after the swim,had serious challenges pulling wetsuit down as I ran.

Start on outside, I started in the front twards inside. I could have gone fast if I had not been trapped in a group.

Got lazy removing wetsuit and a sleeve got caught in the leg while removing.Just kept trying to push. I was still out of breath from swim though, grabbed bike and was off.

Pay attention.

There was not enough room from the bike mount line to where you go straight up the hill out of transition. I could not get my right foot clipped in the whole way up, having to make a hard left halfway up did not help either, stopped three times out of frustration so I just had to place my shoe on cleat and hope for the best.
The first half of the course wore me down,I already knew I suck at hills.Every hill I would get passed, these were described as rolling hills, they were not!
Flew through 2nd half as the wind was at my back,the roads were in terrible shape and all of the down hills had curves that would keep you from putting it to the floor, some were very sharp.
Comming into transition was a joke, you had to dismount then skip to the top of the steep hill at transition and shuffle down without falling.

Train more on hills, can I get a break with the hills!

How stupid, I left my shoes tied! While scrambling one notted up,nice!Bet I dont do that again. I have tried yankz in training but they just dont get tight enough for me.

Have transition area organized better.

Had to walk stairs out of transition, they went straight up and caused my breathing to get way out of control. It took me until the halfway point to get my breathing under control and find my stride, 2nd half felt way better. I even started increasing my pace but at this point I started to get passed by the faster females from wave before me, they all looked like marathon runners. The downhill to the finish was welcomed.

Need to do more bike to run bricks, well,maybe I should start with more run miles.Running has been challenging all year because of knees, run traing has been entirely hit and miss.

Walked around and hydrated.Got a smoothie,berry, from the race tent, soo good!


I did not have any expectations as I wanted to treat this as just another training day.Weakness continues to be hills on bike, wore me down completely for the run,again! Did not get allot of info from previous race reports regarding course, also did not practice this course. I will do tris on days off from now on, today I worked for six hours, then drove two hours to race. It made for an extremely long day, too long. I have a long way to go before I feel confident about my ability!


Some of the hills were good size, not rollers. Wind really picked up on bike course. I did not like the run course after going up stairs out of transition, it took me to the halfway point to get my heart rate down.
Was glad to finish!