I was the second wave out and got the most beat up on a swim to date. Nothing too bad but I am usually all alone so the elbows to the head and feet grabbing was distracting. I thought I was swimming better than my time. I was hoping for a max. time of 25 min and was shocked when I got out and saw my watch. I did navigate really well - the optical googles are a huge help.

Keep hitting the laps at the pool.

I missed my bike rack so that probably cost me about 15 seconds. I also did not run up the short steep hill out of transition and there were people blocking the mount line. I did do a good job of running to transaction. Age group rank - 10 Overall Female rank - 66

Pay attention to the numbers on the bike racks.

I did not have the crowding or drafting issues that other people did. Yes, it was crowded and that in itself made the course technical. I was happy w/ my bike although I faded a bit on the third loop. I really need to get better about drinking and eating on the bike. Nutrition is becoming an issue. I really wanted water on the third lap and a gel would have been nice and maybe kept my energy up.

Keeping putting in miles on the bike and get comfortable eating/drinking on the bike. I was pretty happy w/ this ride.

I was pleased w/ this transition. I rode right up to the line, hopped off and ran to my rack. Shoes off and bike shoes on quickly. I put my race number on while heading out.

Not much - I was happy.

I started off pretty good and wanted to try and make myself run hard. Push a little past the comfort zone. I did that part ok but the good thing is I felt strong for the entire run. I would have been a lot faster w/o the long hill in the middle of loop that we did twice. The short trail run was a bit of a surprise and I was glad the leaves weren't wet. All in all not a bad run but not as fast as I wanted.

I have been working on attacking hills and I just need to get better at that for the races that have hills in them. It's frustrating to run around 8 min miles then have a hill suck the time away.

I walked to the parking lot and found Karla. She had a great race. Tony showed up a few min. later w/ bike and bag in hand. I guess I was too slow for him. ;-)


I just need to keep at it. I'm still building a base and haven't even gotten to the point where I can train to go faster if that makes sense. I hope next year I can make more time oriented and placing type goals. I think being competitive in my AG is possible but I need a few more thousand miles under my belt first.


This was one of the better set up races in terms of swag and after race food. The event was well run as usual and on time. I liked the course. The volunteers were great and so was the community.