My best swim at this distance! I felt great in the water. Started out in the front and about 100M got bumped around a bit and passed by lots of swimmers. However, I know that most swimmers go out too fast and I eventually catch them mid-way through the swim, which was the case today. I sighted great and was able to stay in line with the buoy's and make all the turns very tight. The last turn headed towards the finish was very choppy, I think it was due to the many swimmers from earlier age groups that still were finishing and then our age group arrived and the chop was more intense.

Because this was my best swim at this distance I have no complaints. But I will continue to make improvements and can't wait for my 3 session clinic with Clay Britt starting in 2 weeks!

Only problem I had was with my bike. I had to move my aero bottle around a bit so that I could rack my bike, so when it was time for transition it took me extra time to readjust it before I started to head out to the bike course.

Nothing.

First 30-40 miles felt fast and flat. Kept my cadence around 85-90 the entire ride. Then mile 40 hit and the headwind was strong. I changed down to easier gears and just tried to increase cadence without trying to fight the wind. I did the best I could. Then mile 45 hit and it was DISASTER!!! Some lady lost control of her bike while trying to grab a water at the aid station and I was passing her on the left she turned her front wheel right into my bike! The collision knocked me down and I landed on my right elbow/shoulder. I was banged up with big bruises and scrapes and luckily the medics were there to put some alcohol and bandages on me. I really didn't care about me so much as I did my bike. My bike made it through the wreck without much damage at all, just have to regrip my right side handle bar. Thank God!!! After about 5-6 minutes of settling down I regrouped and told the official that I was going to continue. I did fine the last 16 miles but mentally it was tough. But I didn't come all this way not to finish!!

I have now learned that when approaching an aid station to be more aware and stay WIDE away from all of the traffic.

I took this slow and was talking to a friend, Ricardo, who was there near my transition area cheering me on. He asked me what happened so I took a few extra seconds explaining the wreck to him.

In normal circumstances I would have been faster, this was an exception today.

I started out great. The first few miles felt great and every mile was under 8:00. Then I got to about mile 5, made a pit stop in the port-o-pot which took about 50-sec (I was watching my watch hoping it wouldn't take up too much time but I had to pee soooo bad!). After mile 6 is where I slowed down alot. I tried so hard mentally to make a few notes in my head to finish strong at certain mile markers, but when those came I had nothing in me. I did hydrate very well, took my Liquid Shot every other mile, and poured ice all over me each aid station. That felt phenomenal!

Put in more run volume in training. Most bricks I do I usually only run about 5-6 miles or I cut short my planned long runs on the weekends. I need to add some length to those to feel the effects of longer runs.

Took in some water, and then went over to the swim finish area and cooled down the legs a bit.


Lack of running volume during training.