Felt really strong in the water. Unfortunately, I could not seem to sight well until the last 250 M. This caused me to swim an extra 100 or so meters. Bummer!!!

Have not practiced transitions in 1 -2 months. Had a hard time with mount and dismount.

Solid ride except did not expect the hills at the end of the course. The internet description was very misleading and used too much energy on the back side. When got to those hills I had already used too much energy and ended up falling way off cadence.

It was HOT!!!!!! No water station at the turn and ended up running/walking 2 miles before could get water. Legs/cardio felt fine. could not run b/c I thought I was going to absolutely burn up. Had to pack in ice when finished. Could have done so much better if there had been access to water.

Great race except the obvious need for more water stations (hence the overall rating of 4). Race coordinators were made aware of this from multiple racers. Plan to do it again next year!