They sent out the Oly first on the same course. The only difference was that we turned earlier. I ended up merging with swimmers in the oly and then passing some of them. This was the easiest course to sight on. You swam under a bridge and there was another bridge down river to sight on before turning around. So many points to use.

I probably should not have let the one guy breakaway at the start. I ran out of time to catch him. I was 6 seconds behind at the finish.

My wetsuit got stuck. I just need to practice this at home. I put a jersey on in T1 and it kept getting stuck. Enough is enough. I have to buy a sleeveless tri top and wear it under my wetsuit. 16th overall but it was a weak and inexperienced field. It felt like I was 60th.

Switch to shoes on the bike and run in my socks to the mounting line.

I am good at descending and loved the winding descent on this course.

nothing. I raced well

2nd overall. I wish I could get my T1 down.

I nearly fell getting off the bike. I had new Look cleats on and it felt like I was slipping on ice. It was a slow motion slide finally stopped by a volunteer. The most exciting part was getting into the transition area and realizing there were only a few bikes there. But the best part was the verbal instruction someone was giving me to help me speed up my transition. While I was still running I heard: "your helmet take off your helmet" Strange but it was helpful to keep me focused.

Running is my weak link, but I recovered from the bike and finished the last 1/2 mile strong

Walked around and stretched on the ground


Nothing


They waited until everyone was back before giving out the awards. For me that meant a 2 hour wait and right before they started it began to rain. They waited a bit longer and then finally gave up and rushed through the awards. If you weren't getting one you were long gone. Sustainability was the theme, but the rear sprocket on a used tube was going a bit too far. The sprocket could work but not with the goofy tube as a chain. There is no indication anywhere on it where it came from.