My weakest event actually turned out to be my best. I started at the back, to avoid copping a whack in the face. Drafted some guy for a lot of the race, except his navigation was a bit off, causing us to zig zag somewhat. Otherwise I felt pretty good.

More race pace training.

Dropped my goggles when I took my cap off. I had a long run from my bike rack through transition to the exit. I decided to run in my bike shoes as I wasn't to confiedent and hadn't been able to get in to them effectively on the bike while training. Once I got to the mount area, I had a bit of trouble getting into the clips,probably because I was rushing too much trying to get out there.

Practice more with getting feet into shoes while on the bike so I don't waste that time.

The wind was strong heading out, but was at my back on the way back in, which saved a bit of energy. My heart rate was around 180 early in the first lap, as a result of the hard swim. I decided this was way too high, and had to ease off. The whole time on the bike I was coughing and spitting up flem which was undesirable and annoying. Also, as a result of the 8:30 wave start (2 hours after the close of transition) my bottle of gatorade had become quite warm, and was difficult to drink. On the long stretches, I was able to work hard in the big chain to good speed. The bike finish/run start timing mat was a fair way from transition (I think) so that's the lap splits/time doesn't add up.

Freeze my water bottle if I am going to be starting so long after transition closes.

Forgot to hit lap so I'm not exactly sure of the time, but it felt pretty quick. Though I didn't do feet into shoes on bike, I did take my feet out while still riding, which I did very well.

Nothing. Possibley get elastic laces to make it a bit quicker.

This is where my week of coughing and lack of sleep really caught up with me. Plenty more coughing and spitting of flem. Felt like crap to be honest. Walked a fair bit of the first lap. Was nearly sick once. Dumped water on my head at every aid station and tried to drink 2 cups of water at each.

Try not to be sick in the lead up to and on race day.

Sat, drank gatorade.


Being sick and having inadequate preparation due to being sick. All things considered, I did alright, but was disappointed that I wasn't able to do as well as I should have.