I felt strong throughout the swim, and consciously pushed hard for most of the middle section. The home stretch was congested with the slower swimmers from previous waves and this may have slowed me down some.

Not sure. I guess I need more practice in swimming through congestion.

This sucks. I gotta start doing better here.

It was drizzling at the start of the ride and then started raining hard once I got out on the main part of the course. I initially took off my glasses so that I could see better but the rain was hurting my eyes so much I had to put them back on. I couldn't see that well until the rain subsided. Still, it was a fun ride. I pushed pretty hard, and jockeyed for position with these two women in their 30s for much of the way. That was fun. One of them said "I caught you!" near the end after I'd thought I'd lost them, but I got past her before the downhill back into transition.

I may have slowed too much on the downhill into transition, but it was bumpy and i was too cautious about the wet pavement. I should've kept my glasses on the whole time, too.

I know I wasted precious seconds trying to get my gloves off without turning them inside out before realizing how ridiculous that was. It would have been nice to have had a second pair of dry socks in the bag with my shoes.

Not as bad as T1, but I gotta start doing better at transitions.

My legs felt dead from the start and I briefly wondered if I was going to bonk. I also had to pee really bad. I was going to tough it out, then decided I'd run much better after relieving myself, and that turned out to be true. My right shin, especially, felt stiff and I could hear my feet slapping against the ground. Fortunately I loosened up after the first loop and felt better after that. I kept my pace pretty steady and went out at just the right pace off the bike.

I don't know. I'm pretty happy with my time, especially since I didn't really taper at all for this race, especially in terms of the run. I guess not stopping to pee would help, since it looks like it added nearly two minutes to my time.

Stood at the end and drank a bit, then got something to eat. I should've walked around more right after I finished because I quickly got kind of stiff in the drizzle and cool temperature.


Probably fatigue from the week's training.


I'll do it again. I probably would anyway, since it's local, but it's also well run and I like the courses.