First mass start swim and it took a little to get into the opening. Lots of arms and legs to deal with. Once it spread out it was fine. Lots of people seemed to take the far left side after the turnaround, but it seemed further than the line I took.

Maybe start a little more to the outside, but it gave me the experience I was looking for by starting in the middle of the group.

Did not seperate times for transitions. It was 500 yards through dirt roads and a muddy hill so I put on a pair of shoes (as did 99% of people) till I got to the bike to put on bike shoes. Long way from water to bike.

Nothing, it worked out good.

The start of the course was a lot of climbing and I felt blah on them. Was still passing people though. Once the faster sections and technical sections came I started passing more people. I ripped the singletrack and had only two bad spots that I was not aware of from not pre-riding. I loved this course and would put it in the top 5 of my all time favorite mtn bike courses. Did get stuck behind one guy in the last singletrack for a bit that I could have ridden faster.

pre-ride the course early in the week and pass that one guy before that singletrack section.

Did not seperate out the times. I did take a swig of water going into the run that was sloshing around too much in my stomach and I puked in my mouth a tiny bit. The race was longer than last year (which I did not do) and I based my nutrition on those times. I should have taken a gel on the bike since they added about 20 minutes to the race.

have a gel on me.

My lack of running, especially trail running, showed today. I felt horrible on the run. I suffered through it for a good placing, but if I could have ran like I know I can I would have been on the podium.

Avoid running injures so I could run harder.

Played in the pool with Bella and Noah.


Nutrition on the bike and poor running condition right now.


I will be back next year for sure. I like the off-road tri stuff better than the road so far (only 2 races to compare).