Goggles came off on the first push off. Swam first 50m then fixed them, that sucked.

Did not at all stay focused on form, was flailing like a flounder on the beach. Did not do any bilateral breathing.

Since there was a rain delay, put bike shoes on first since I left them in the Trans Bag to keep them dry. I had the bag packed with swim to bike stuff at the top, and bike to run stuff at the bottom

Under rain condition, not too much.

I was hoping to come in under 30 minutes with high hopes for around 25 minutes. Aero or disc wheels will help some for the race next year.

Did not use my aerobottle, will use it next time for sure. I should have went out harder and forget about the heart rate on the short course like this. I need to keep my head down in the aero position longer. I noticed that I was looking up at the road too much and at the other competitors that passed too much.

Shoes were wet and would not go on correctly.

Use speed laces instead of trying to slip shoes on.

I went out a little too fast, backed off pace a little. Regrouped then, picked up the running pace for last 1/2 mile. At the run start I reverted back to my heal striking and started to get some knee soreness as a result. Corrected to mid foot striking and knee pains went away.

Run faster than a snail.

Recoverite drink (2 Scoops 18oz)


No speed training has been performed. Training focus has been on endurance for longer events later in the season. I entered the race with a goal of finishing in under an hour. I hoped to accomplish the race with a time around 55 minutes. My swim time was off my estimated pace by about 1 minute due to a higher breathing rate, a lack of bilateral swimming and a couple of mishaps. I was a little slow in T1 getting my stuff out of my Trans Bag, which cost me at least one minute. I had to run with my cycling shoes as a result of the rain. It maybe cost me 10 seconds trying to clip into the wet pedals. On the bike, I should have stayed more aero. T2 could have been smoother with the transition to the running shoes. I had to sit down to fix the foot liner in one. I also should have grabbed the number belt and put it on while running. On the run I performed about as well as expected coming off the foot injury three weeks ago. An 8:30 pace is faster than what I had been previously training at.


I entered the race with a goal of finishing in under an hour. I hoped to accomplish the race with a time around 55 minutes. My swim was off my estimated pace by about 1 minute due to a higher breathing rate and a couple of mishaps. I was a little slow in T1 getting my stuff out of my Trans Bag, which cost me at least one minute. I had to run my cycling shoes as a result of the rain. It maybe cost me 10 seconds trying to clip into the wet pedals. T2 could have been smoother with the transition to the running shoes. I had to sit down to fix the foot liner in one. I also should have grabbed the number belt and put it on while running.