I thought during the race that my swim sucked from bad sighting and not being used to a racing pace, but it turned out I did my best ever, shaving off over 6 min. from last fall!!! All those laps over the winter paid off!

Sighting was awful and kept veering off way right, totally forgot to count strokes, too involved with stroking while keeping smooth with breathing and extending reach on each stroke (but hey, I went from 25 min. to 18 min., so who cares!!!).

Remember to count strokes and sight every 15 strokes. Start practicing swimming at race pace. OWS practice possible???

Did well getting out of swim gear. Grr, forgot to open up the bike shoes, wasted time opening them up before getting them on, made mistake of leaning on bike, it fell of the rack. Other than that, went well if my ranking was 69th overall (7th in AG) in T1.

Good call putting the shoes on in T1, running on barefoot over gravel would not have been fun (also recall the guy on course struggling to get into a shoe)

Take time to go over Transition Area prep (was a bit rushed pre-race)

Pushed hard and was rewarded for it: passed almost everyone (just 1-2 tri bikes passed me). Felt good to pass a bunch of tri bikers with me on my hybrid. Went back and forth with that guy on the Cervelo, hunting him down the last 2 miles (he got me on the last mile, but I left him out of T2). Great bike ride, now it's time to move up a level.

Other than get a tri bike and work on high speed turns, do more hill work and speed work.

Realized I passed my rack as I saw the number (gear was on the near side), had to turn around. Fumbled a bit undoing the clip on the helmet. Otherwise, switched shoes quickly, grabbed belt, and started running. (147th overall, 11th in AG)

Practice T2 movements, including a dry run so you don't miss your bike rack (and find your helmet clip)

Started run w/ some mild pain top of stomach (pushed hard through Bike and T2). Started to get hot. Taking 2-3 small sips of water was the right call (did not hurt stomach). Good sprints down hills, held in there until the finish.

More bricks, more hillwork

Stretch, Chocolate milk, finish off the 10 oz. of Infinit, slice of free pizza (ugh don't do that again).

6 in. BMT Sub at Subway (mmm...Yummy)


Swim technique and OWS sighting skills, hill work on bike and run


Training over the winter has paid off. Given this is my third sprint ever and my first race of the season, I am thrilled with my improvement in swimming, and feel that I'm getting stronger with my bike and running as well.

Once again, another great Setup Events race.