Average swim. Felt comfortable but never pushed it. I passed some people from the wave ahead of me but 2 ladies from the wave behind me caught up.

The water was discusting. There was Canada Goose crap all over the shoreline. With all this heavy rain, there must have been tons of crap in the water. I had stomach trouble for a week after the race.

Shove a brita water filter in my mouth as I swam.

very long run up hill from beach to transition - it added a full 90 seconds to my swim time.

the ground was very soft and muddy.

In side the transition I was very slow. With the rain I decided to use socks to prevent blistering.

Decent ride - I was rocking on the flats and downhills but struggling on the uphills. On some downhills I was passing people while I was coasting at 50 km/hr while they were peddaling like mad - then on the uphim they would catch up again. I'm not sure why - maybe because I was on 650c wheels with a nice aggressive aero set-up.

anyways - I had a good back-and-forth with some good riders that allowed me to maintain a decent speed.

Practice more hills

The transition zone was a muddy - everything was wet and covered in mud.

As soon as I started running my quads felt terrible. My hear rate was way out of control. It took 2.5km to get it all back under control.

I still felt fatigued the last 2.5km and I let too many people pass me.

Get more rest the night before
Not do a training run for a few nights before.

It was a long wait for the awards / drawprizes.
The parking lot was so full of mud i had to help push 5 stuck cars.