Was stuck in a pack for the first 200m and couldn't get out.
Rest of the swim was good, I thought I was swimming well.
Time includes a 200m run to transition, but we think the swim was short.

Start on the outside like I normally do and not in the middle!

This was a good ride for me, I got in with a really fast group near the end and pushed quite hard to keep up.. HR was around 165.
I'm surprised my avg. HR was 154, every time I checked it was usually above 155, but I must have let my mind wander a few times.

I think I can push this harder still. I need to catch those fast riders at the beginning and try to hang with them.

This was the 10 k from hell for me. I was REALLY done by km 5. No oomph left. I tried to run 10 min intervals, and then aid stations (there were lots of them!), then 6 min, then 3. It was really awful. Partially from not being prepared and partially from having 2 bouts of stomach flu and a cold in the past 2 weeks.
I really tried hard to keep moving but it was pretty awful.

Be more prepared!

Stand in the lake, eat lunch!


Poor training and poor health.


This is a great race with lots of really fast people!