I felt good during my warmup, but I was pretty rough the first half. I could maintain breath, but felt slow. At the halfway point, I started to feel strong. When I'm racing, I definitely swim asymetrically, versus my bilateral breathing during training. I don't think my left arm moves water and I stay rotated to my right. I never looked back, because I didn't think anyone was behind me. Turns uot I was 16 of 103. I still don't believe it.

Relax. This swim stuff is all about confidence. When I think I'm good, I'm good.

I was 11 of 103, but could have been faster. I used strippers to remove my wetsuit. They weren't skilled and I should have done by myself, just to learn. I was dizzy out of the water and fell down after being stripped. I was fast to bike and into shoes (and socks, without baby powder). I ran well to the mount area, but was slow to clip in (not included in T1 time). I might have been 11 of 103, but I could have been faster!

Get Tri shoes, really. Learn to jump on and ride. Strip myselft.

I was 10 of 103. I can't believe it. I could be faster (although I pushed hard and tried to leave nothing on the table). Still, with a better bike, helmet, and shoes, I'd be in the top five. It's not that I'm a stud, but others are wimps. I almost drank one bottle with 2 scoops of P90 recovery (and had one Gu). Some of this made me feel ill, but that feeling quickly passed.

New shoes and mounting.

They changed the entry, and I couldn't find my gear. Liz pointed it out. I lost at least a minute. My towel was "upside down" and the wrong color. I was baffled by the new cattle route into the transition area. Lame. I was 76 of 103 men.

Buy two bright orange towels so I can find them in the transitions.

Relatively slow for me. There was an uphill run, on double-track. I ran the entire route, but my overall time was only 32 of 103 men. I'm usually faster. I think I left everything on the bike course. I'm not sure if this approach is faster or not. I felt good during the run, only passed by four people (three of them 21 yom or younger). My finish was weak, with shoulders pulled up, but I'm stoked that I finished wihtout much in reserve (versus feeling like I could have given more).

Maybe, just maybe, save a little on the last mile of the ride. Dunno.

No cool down. It was a sprint. I did get a massage and did an easy 15 mile ride the next day. I think both reduced DOMS.


Nothing. Well, maybe more training, but I'm pleased.


A great, local (or regional) race. I should return.