Ran decent. Tried to run this a bit faster than normal since my run had improved some. My time off would cause me to tire though by the end of the race.

Train more so I would be better off at the end of the race.

Took some extra time to drink fluids during transition.

I also had more difficulty than in the last two races getting my feet into my shoes.

It wasn't great but was at least OK.

I pushed the bike. On the last lap a slowed a bit because of fatique and worrying about my final run. I was going 38mph down the on ramp to the highway and was rarely under 25 mph on 315.

My right calf began cramping during the ride and gave me mucho trouble on the run.

I had fun, but riding a tweak slower would have been better for my final run.

Forgot how quickly the T zone would come after turning into the park and did not have time to get my feet out of my shoes. I therefore had to do the old method of stopping, unclipping and then running in my shoes.

Get me feet out in time to jump off bike while moving and run better to my rack.

A really bad run for me in every measure. Until this race, I have always placed highest in the last run compared to the first run. I lost to people I normally beat. My time was slow. Etc etc. I started the run with a left calf camp. Had to stop a few time to stretch it out. Also ran with an odd limp to help it out. By mile 1.0 it was fine. By mile 1.5 my right quad gave the same trouble.

Overall I just went too hard up until this run. I took off 10 days of training due to sickness and miss more due to vacation, and went out stronger than I was able to hold. No big deal though.

If it was not for my quad, I could have sped up the final run once my rythm came back by mile 1.0.

Drink more (somehow?? already loitered in the T zone to drink).

Sweated for 45 minutes. My shoes actually got sloshy due to the sweat.


Sickness at the end of June cut out a lot of training. Vacation from 7/3 to 7/14 cut out more.


First time ever I finished out of the top 2 but waited for the award ceremony since the results listed me 3rd. Then after an hour of waiting my name was not called for third. Posted results were wrong and I got 4th. This was my 8th event and the first to announce winners and the first time I was out of the top three - thats how things go I guess. Salt in my wound was waiting the my boys for one hour to be dissapointed after raised expectations.

Good marshalling, but they seemed to be in the way at times. One competitor spoke of being blocked by the motorcycles. I felt the same way four times. Twice, I was able to pass the motorcycle and twice they accelerated out of my way. Once stretch they repeatedly slowed and then accelerated as I gained on them. Marshals need to be on the course IMO but maybe they should get better trained drivers.