Not step on a huge rock and cut up my foot on the way into my second lap!

No Transition times liste for this race...

I think I had a solid transition. Not having a wetsuit or speedsuit definitely sped things up, but definitely made the swim take longer (despite lack of training).

Laps 1 and 2 I treated as a warm up "spinning" in the small ring, but with the flat course and race wheels, spinning was about 22mph.
Lap 3: Nutrition at the beginning of this lap. Pushed a little harder big gear on the back stretch.
Lap 4: solid mixed between easy big gears and hard small gears
Lap 5: continued in the big gear at 24-25mph
Lap 6: big gear on the front, spinning in the back stretch, 2nd round of nutrition. Doubted the course and my lap counting, asked a race official about the course being short, she suggested another lap...I wrongfully listened.
Lap 7: Caught up with Derek on the front stretch, slowed down and asked about the distance, confirming what I had done I took off and pushed through the rest of the "penalty lap"

Not do an extra lap on the bike course. It wasted energy, cost me 10-12 minutes, and cost me even more on the run.

No T2 times either, but I didn't waste anytime

What!!! No water exiting T2...This is going to be a long run...

It was damn hot! With only two water stops and my extra lap in the bike throwing off my nutrition I was not in good shape.
I walked through the aid stations in the first lap to load up on as much fluid as I could, but it was not enough to cool me down.
In the second lap I took 2 or 3 walk breaks, I definitely could have pushed through, but after the mistake on the bike, I was more or less mentally out of the race so I just slowed down and enjoyed it instead of killing myself.

Obviously the bike mistake has a big impact, but more importantly the lack of one more aid station and no cold refreshments played a big role. Needing to train more of course helps to.
As much as I may be complaining I still had fun. But I would be lying if I said I didn't want to get back to where I was a year ago...

Walking around the race site looking for my racing buddies, lots of fluids and a complimentary massage!!


Cutting my foot on a rock in the swim.
An extra loop on the bike course.
Heat and nothing to cool down my body.


The organisers need to make a few adjustments on the course, but as I said...I still had fun.
Racing is like sex, if it's good, it's really good. If it's bad, it's still pretty good :)