1st time at this race - beach start in waves - run down beach into lake - water was cold for first 30 secs or so... it was gorgeous though.. very very clear would be a great place to practice OWS..., could see the bottom even in the deepest part of the swim. Was a tad concerned since shoulder has been so hinky lately - when sighting there were less and less yellow caps (wave 7) in front of me, Turning the last bouys - going with the waves was really fun and fast, passed a few people who decided to run/wade when it got waist deep, I swam until hand hit the bottom.

start more to the front of the wave

hard to say- it was a long run into T1, I'd guess 200 yards or so. Wetsuit was alread down to waist. I wore a trisuit for the first time to speed up T1 but I guess it didn't help, neither did not wearing socks... or maybe I would have been slower if I had used my normal configuration

maybe forgo the gloves for such a short race?

felt pretty good - computer on bike said 13.55 miles with 19.3 avg speed. not what they have but.....

was mostly on Big gear cranking.. felt good... passed a bunch of people, got passed by some REALLY fast buzz bombs with discs - all in all a nice course but keeping right was uh, a challenge for many people

some light rain/mist fell

This was fastest ever in a race

Maybe push a little harder?

not drink 24 oz of gatorade when 15 probably would have sufficed, belly was icky for the run

seemed fine - racked bike, changed shoes - helmet off visor on

as always the wheels come off here - not sure if I am psyching myself out about the run or not - I 8/2'd it again... so 6 minutes of walking in here
I need to keep plugging away at it...... frustrating to have 2-3 guys in my wave pass me in the last mile

run not walk

staggered around as usual a few bananas and water helped


humidity


nice race! they had a nice picnic - which I can't handle the food but everyone else seemed to enjoy .... I expect to be back next year