swim felt really good, sighting yellow buoys on way out was easy, but sighting orange bouys on way back was difficult due to having the sun right in your face. pond was clean, even after hurricane hanna the previous day.

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T1 was quick- had trouble finding bike, cause i was a little dizzy. Run from swim finish to transition area was 0.4miles, so a quick change into sneakers after getting out of the water helped.

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not a bad course for the bike leg. however, due to the hurricane the day before, as the day went on, there was a stong headwind/tailwind on the loop, making avereage speed drop to 17mph (ugh). tailwind picke up average speed to about 22mph. lesson: don't race after a hurricane.;)

nothing--nutrition--took in 600 cal on bike between shot blocks, one accel gel, and cytomax. threw up a bit of it (guess i was trying to get too much down at once). but overall good bike.

a little trouble finding transition rack spot again.

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was happy with the run. found a few running buddies along the way to keep pace/comapny. started out withan 8:20-8:30 pace, but it dropped to around a 9:30 the last 3 miles. good run!

nothing, perhpas have one more accel gel for the last few miles

walked, stretched...drank champagne (my first HIM i have to!!!)


honestly...i think my bike would have beet a lot better without a headwind (pace would have been a little steadier) bt that's mother nature!


After some confusion where the bike course was going to be shortened, race director was able to work with police/county to get the full distance back. they did run out of water on the bike leg for some racers though. need more volunteers, but they've advertised for that. next year, perhaps I'll help instead of race...but for a first timer, this was a great HIM to start with!