At the start, my goggles got knocked off and I kept getting caught behind slower people. I eventually went way wide and was able to find some open water. I was fine until the second buoy and I got caught up with a group of people from the earlier waves and kept getting tangled up with slower swimmers on the way back to the finish.

Position myself better.

This went much better than expected.

Nothing.

My bike computer fell off during my last race and I haven't gotten a chance to replace it. I tend to rely on my computer for pace information more than I realized. On the first lap, my legs felt very heavy for some reason. I kept it in an easy gear and kept my cadence up. Eventually, they loosened up and I was able to push it a bit more. There were areas of the course where I had to slow down because there were too many people out there.

Push it harder on the flats and downhills.

When I got back into transition, someone had racked their bike in the wrong spot. I took the time to move it so that the person next to me could get their bike in (I initially thought they were in my space, but they weren't). After I got my bike racked and went to put on my shoes, I realized that I forgot to untie them.

Learn to untie my running shoes when I set my transition area.

I just need to improve my run. I'm competitive on the swim and bike but loose ground on the run. This was one of my better runs though.

Run faster.

Grabbed food and waited for transition to open back up so I could ride home.


Life...training was great for the first couple of months and then life got in the way more often than I would have liked in May and June.


This a great race, but I think it is starting to get too big.