First 200 yds felt great. I was passing some folks, swimming around them. Breathing was working. Unfortunately I veered a little off course. Apparently my stroke is uneven as I started turning to the right. I was not sighting as I should have, just swimming. When I looked up I was perpendicular to the course and had to make a hard left to begin to angle back on course. Fought this the whole race. It made me a little paranoid so I would stop, breasts stroke and sight and then go back to normal freestyle. Finished swim without feeling gassed!

Work on sighting - remember to sight. While my time was the same as the 750 OWS on July 4th. I felt stronger and was able to go run afterwards. I was sucking wind bad in July. I felt like I could have probably have done another lap, but luckily didn't have to.

Got out, lightly jogged up the hill. Put on shoes and socks. Took too long to dry feet off. Could have pushed it more.

Could have pushed it more here. Must run without socks - gotta toughen it up.

Paced too fast coming out which caused me to hit a couple of walk breaks up the steepest hills. Felt good, no problems with shins or calves. I like my new shoes better than my old ones
Still PR'ed a 5k by 3 minutes -even after the swim!

Not bike/run brick the day before. I could feel a little fatigue in my legs.

Walked around for awhile. Packed my transition up - much eaier without a bike! Did normal stretching routine. Added in anew calf stretch. I will try it for the next couple of weeks. Ate a bagel. Hung around to pick up my silver medal for 2nd in AG. Always helps to have a shallow field!


Sighting on the swim. Running pace. Also, trained through the race.


Swim time was off by 3 minutes according to my watch. I changed the time in this report, it would have been off for everyone, so placings were unchanged.