I really had it in my head to pay special attention to sighting because the 2nd leg of the swim was directly into the sun. Only really had one problem when I saw a kayak and thought it was a bouy and started heading toward that. Then I saw it moving and realized "Agh! that's a kayak" Slight readjustment put me back on course.

Not much. This is by far my best swim ever. I swam hard and really hammered at the end.

Very average. My transitions always seem to be about a minute longer than I would like.

Felt ok for the bike. It started off with a pretty good hill. I'm from Chicago, I'm not used to any hills so I was panting from the get go. I kept a decent pace going and passed tons of people. It's taken some time to be the one passing instead of getting passed. There were some elite athletes who passed soooooo close to the left that I swear they almost touched me. If you're going to pass that close.....call out. Not too much to ask I think. I was very happy with my time though. It's definately my best bike ever.

I don't know how I could possibly spend this much time taking my helmet off and slipping on the running shoes.

This is always my worst leg of the race. It was a pretty exposed run so it started to get pretty darn hot out. I pushed myself hard on the bike and it took me a bit to get going on the run. I don't think I drank enough on the bike cause I started to get extemely thirsty on the run. Couldn't wait for the water stops. Had to stop at mile 5 and walk the water stop. Ugh! Made it through the last mile and finished with a PR!! YES!

Sat in the sun and drank some water and gatorade. Stretched a little. It's such a nice atmosphere at this race so it was nice to just chill out a little afterwards instead of hustling to get out of there. There was also a bike ride back to the car and I wasn't so anxious to get back on the bike. So we hung out a bit.


The run.


A great race. The ONLY complaint I have is the lack of port-o-potties. I know the port-o-pottie line is part of race morning but this was rediculous. The line was insane. It was definately a cause for some grumbling in the morning. Other than that the race was fantastic. I'm sure I'll do it again.