Snake swims really stink. There was a cluster of about 4 people in front of me that I knew I wasn't going to be able to get past, so I just slowed down, took it easy, and tried to remind myself that it was probably adding only 1 minute to my over all time. Don't get too stressed out over it. It is what it is.

Nothing really.

I had the WORST possible transition spot. The LAST bike in the LAST row. Nobody had farther to run out of transition to the mount line than I did. Literally. So I'm running in my cleats since I don't know how to leave my shoes mounted on the bike.

Learn to run faster in cleats. I also didn't get clipped in as quickly as I wanted to... that took a few extra seconds.

I knew the course; it's in my neighborhood. I train on those hills.

I could have pushed myself a bit harder, but being a poor runner I was really worried about killing my legs and making my run REALLY poor.

Again, I was THE last bike in THE last rack. Nobody had further to run to their spot after crossing the dismount line than I did. That sucked. I did my best, but I'm not fast at running in my cleats so that definitely was a huge disadvantage to me.

Nothing.

Running is definitely my weakest link, but I've been working on it and I could tell I was doing better than I had before. I probably could have pushed myself a little harder, a little faster. My muscles were fine; my heart rate was up a little but not huge, and I just have this mental thing, thinking I'm a crappy runner.

Get over my mental block and push myself harder.

Drank water, ate banana, stretched a little, walked around a little.


Not knowing exactly how hard I can push myself, and being afraid to go too hard on the bike for fear of not having anything left for the run. I don't yet know my body well enough to know how hard i can push.