With the warm water and the cold air there was a lot of fog, spotting was very difficult. I had clear goggles that were not fogged up and had a hard time spotting the next bouy. Little over half way I pulled my goggles off and was able to see the Pranahi sports light house better and swam for that.

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I was slow in T1 had a hard time with the freshly cut grass and getting my bike shoes on. Hands and feet still cold.

Need to invest in tri shoes.

I was able pass a lot of people from the first heat on the bike, most are not used to the large hills on this coarse. The coarse descripsion says Mildly hilly, which I thought was funny being from the area. The coarse has some steep long climbs on it. I train on larger climbs around here so they are not to bad for me, but for someone used to riding on flats they are a killer.

Need to invest in a tri bike, my bike is a low end road bike(heavy too)

fingers and toes very cold coming off the bike, hard time getting shoes changed.

Not sure, not used to doing events in that cold of weather.

The run is my weakness, I would not have changed anything it was pretty good for me.

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Just did a 1/2 iron one week before this, probably was not fully recovered. Just wanted to do this anyway because it was local and I knew a bunch of people. With proper recovery from the half I should have been a little faster