Swim was really bad. Didn't warmup and went out way to fast. Messed up my breathing and any rhythm. Too anxious and it cost me time. Goggles fogged up and impacted sighting swam extra distance for no reason. Shoulder felt tight/tired way to early. Might consider using just the lower portion of my wetsuit in the future, depending on the water temps.

Good learning experience. Warm up prior, this should help relax me and get me acclimated to the conditions. Wear other goggles which don't tend to fog up as much. Work on sighting and concentrate on my stroke during the swim. It was ugly today.

Took forever to get through T1. Due to the weather, raining hard and cold, I decided to use arm warmers (homemade former tube socks) long fingered bike gloves and put my socks on prior to bike vice run. This seemed to take forever. Time was 2x other competitors.

Buy quick lace shoe strings, leave extras (gloves, arm warmers etc) behind and just gut it out. Took 3 times to get helmet connected right. Slow down and do it right the first time and I will be much quicker.

Bike course was longer than advertised. Was supposed to be 15 miles but was actually longer. My computer showed 16.2 and another guys showed 15.8, so I averaged it to 16. With that I did about 19.6 MPH over the course. Very good for me. Rain and cold didn't seem to bother me too much. I think I tend to heat up very quickly.

Hands were cold and lost dexterity, took forever to get my shoes tied. Ran with the gloves and arm warmers and gloves on. Time here was about 1.5x as long as others.

Get some quick lace shoe strings.

Run went well. I was shooting for 8 minute miles and did better than that.

Had some more left in the tank, could have pushed harder on the run.

Drank some water and got one of the breakfast burritos they had. Good eats after a tri.


Terrible swim and transition times.