Felt great in the swim. I was just very surprised at how slow the time was, as it felt very strong.

Nothing

I had the dreaded wetsuit getting stuck on my heels. Considering the hell I was going through with that, I can't complain about the overall T1 time.

I do like that Yellowjacket does not include the time from the beach to the transition area as part of either the swim or T1, they make it their own separate leg of the race. Then again it hurts to see it took longer to get to transition than transition :).

not get upset with the wetsuit.

at about mile 5 I heard something that was either a small leak in the front tire or the break rubbing a little. While riding I moved the break around a little, and thought the sound had stopped. Guess I was wrong, as the bike speeds stayed high, but it felt tougher as it went on. I guess I had a leak, as the tire was flat later on. Guess I was lucky to make it through the bike without completely flatting.

Not get a leak in my tire... can I control that one?

Well... I got the bike shoes off quick, put on my socks and put my running shoes on. All is well except for all of the rocks inside my shoe from when I put my foot down quick. Decided to not run with rocks in my shoes and fixed it. Too bad it hurt my T2 time.

Be quicker :).

Still my weak point. I felt good during the run for the most part though.

LOSE WEIGHT!!!!

water over the head... is that a good warm down?


Leaky tires, the run, and my legs felt dead the whole race.


Yellowjacket really does a good job with these "smaller" races. They make the most out of the resources they have. Boots and Ellen always put on a good show.