Did not take water at 1 mile turn-around

Training harder bricks may increase confidence to go harder on 1st leg

This time shoes were NOT on pedals. Got into shoes in transition area and trotted to mount line.

Nothing. Short distance to mount line behooves having shoes on already instead of clipped on pedals

A lot better mph (20 vs 18mph) than my Batavia Tri. Not sure if I was more in shape, or energy level was better, or because of the shorter distance (11 vs 14.7miles).

Must have bike tuned correctly. Again, I couldn't use the last two rings on rear cassette b/c front derailleur cage would rub on chain.

Yeah, I didn't forget my race belt n bib! I put on in T1 this time. Got in and out very quickly...need to do this in Tri's

Nothing

Exiting T2 I noticed cramping in both calves (same problem as in Tri). I took a pkt of GU to compensate and seemed to work after 2-3 minutes. Pace slowed down by more than 1 minute/mile. Trouble 10th of a mile into run: Right foot got snagged on excess Yankz from left shoe and I tripped. Had to do a Tuck-n-Roll as I fell to avoid going Splat! Got right up out of roll and didn't miss a beat/step. "Congrats" from the guys behind me for well executed fall.

Don't Fall Down...cut or tuck in excess laces from Yankz. Fuel better during end of Bike or in T2

None. Cheered at finish line rehydrated with plenty of post race Gatorade.


Shoelace incident, insuffecient training/brick workouts