I was in the second to last wave, so there was a 20 minute wait from the first wave to ours. I felt great throughout the swim and nailed my pre-race prediction of between 25 & 26 minutes.

I really, really suck at transitions. I had trouble getting one of my size 14 clown feet out of my suit.

My goal was to go under 1:05. I was a little too conservative at the start, but by mile 4 or 5 I was sitting at my goal power output. I felt like I was working harder then my speed was reflecting. I averaged 30 watts more this year then last year, but only went 1 minute faster.

When I was leaving the transition area after the race I noticed my front brake was rubbing. I'm pretty sure it wasn't during my ride to the race, but I suppose I may have hit the brake when hanging my bike on the transition rack causing the brake to go off center. Of course I may have done that when I was taking it off to leave, so I don't know.

I struggled getting one of my socks on. Those clown feet again.

I don't do a lot of short course racing, but I'm planning on a few after Lake Placid and I should probably start using speed laces, or yankz, or something similar.

On a positive side I ran hard, and consistently the entire run. I also took 4 minutes off of last year's run time.

My left hip flexor hurt from the beginning, and the pause I have in my stride when my left foot lands was giving me problems.

Rode home. Took a slightly longer route and just spun easy.