Started right behind Ricci. I thought it would be a good pace for me and I could not sight. I know he's a good enough swimmer to get me through there. My plan was to hold him until the last bouy then go around, but by the last bouy I lost him in the sea of red caps from the first wave. I had trouble at the end there getting through them all in a straight line. Other than that - good swim. Maybe I should have just gone out faster though??

There was a little bit of a jam at the mount line so instead of risking it, I just hopped on and started going - no flying mount today. I'm fine with that. Only one other woman had a faster T1 so not bad.

Felt good - had to push a little. My AVG watts were lower than I wanted but not by much - I'm guessing it was the soft pedal in the bike path section at the end.


Gone harder in the middle/ last third before the easy mile.

Pretty quick although, I got stuck behind someone when I was trying to go through this NARROW transition area. Thanks to Ryan for telling me to hurry up and the dude finally let us by. Only 1 or 2 had a faster T2 than me, and all but one of them were in the first wave, so they had a clearer time getting through. Not too bad all in all.

Didn't drink almost anything on the bike or run, and my throat and chest felt tight... Don't know if it is correlated or what, but it was a little tough. I also got passed in the first 1/4 mile of the run by the gal that won overall - she passed me like I was standing still!! I should be happy with 7 min pace, but I feel like I have more improving to do here.


Be mentally tougher :)

jogged with Drew back to start


early season, mental confidence


Would have been better if the actual festival wasn't rained out - planned on staying most of the day with the kids, but OH WELL.
Anyway, good race, but the bike course needed more volunteers and better warning for that turn onto the bike path. SEVERAL of us almost missed it!