My sighting was great for this swim. I made sure to be picking out the bouys several in front of the closest one so that I could swim the shortest line. Put me farther out into the river most of the time and was swimming along there. Likely the current was stronger there as well. I worked to keep the strokes long, smooth and relaxed. I've definietly improved my swimming a lot in the last year, but not the 4 mins I took off my time.

Nothing - great swim.

Decent transition. Layout is much better than last year. Little problem clipping in at the mount line, but not bad.

Try flying mounts?

This was a decent bike, definitely faster than last year. I focused on an even pace and keeping the cadence high. I kept pedaling in the down hills and passed a ton of people there. The wind picked up on the way back with the storms coming in. This would be a fun bike course to really hammer.

I feel like I could have pushed this a bunch harder. My legs felt really fresh at the end, but I was ahead of pace and was okay with that.

Flying dismount and into transition. Fumbled with the visor and race belt a bit, but that was already after I had left transition.

And yet again, I tanked the run. I've been trying to isolate the reason, but I think it's just a combination of factors. I definitely need to change my Infinit formula because once again I had stomach problems that came up and assisted to get me out of the race mentally. Coming out of transition, I only had to run a 50min 10K to meet my goal. First mile felt great and I thought everything was under control and on pace, then I fell off the wagon. I walked each water station and the hill at mile 5.5. Splits were: 7:45, 7:57, 8:11, 8:14, 8:45, 9:30 Not a good trend.

Increase training, more long bricks, more experimentation with nutrition.

Walked around a bit and cheered in fellow racers.


A great race by Team-Magic. Very well organized and cool venue in Chattanooga.