Had a great swim. Couldn't believe my time, actually!!! Just starting to get down the proper form of the total immersion program, and is already paying off. Relaxed hand and arm in the water. Learning to use gravity to my advantage when rotating hips. Had a great time... and a great time!

Be more focused throughout the swim. I worked on rotation, arm angle, pacing, etc., but not necessarily at the same time.

Easy transition, since the run came after the swim. Left shoe went on easy, but I had to sit down to put on my right shoe. Not sure what to do about that--same thing happened at the Iron Horse.

Get shoes on without sitting down.

Was a very spectator-friendly course... especially for friends and family who came (Cernys and Scheeles)! The uphill sucked every single time. The last uphill section, which came right before the finish, I passed a guy who had passed me on the run. Very satisfying to finish right ahead of him on the bike to "steal" third place!!!

More training leading up to the race. Hadn't had the bike out for a real ride in a few weeks.

In this race, T2 came before the bike. Had a decent transition. They had a course official there trying to give me instructions as to how many laps to do. Was annoying. Tried to get on my bike while he was talking to me before I got out of transition. Had to dismount and then get back on at the start line.

Ignored the race official and stayed focused on the task at hand.

Walked the drink stations (2 of them), and a little right after the turnaround. Did much better on the hills than I expected to. Did NOT reach my goal of finishing the run in under 30 minutes, but did well nonetheless.

Train on some hills to prepare.

Not much of one. Walked my stuff back to the van (about 1/2 mile). Hung out at the post-race party. Met some nice people.


Need a broader run base. Not enough bricks ahead of time.


Very kid-friendly race. Had medals for everyone, as well as a value meal from Subway. Had kids' awards early on. Had sloppy joes, lots of fruits and veggies, and water bottles for the adults. No chip timing was frustrating, but this event was a fundraiser to help needy kids in the community receive scholarships to the NE YMCA. This one was for the kids!