I was in the second wave so there wasn't much waiting around after the open group went off, 1st leg of swim was good, I got a little off course on the second leg, swam further than I needed to, I did freestyle the entire way with short rests for navigation checks and to fix a few goggle issues (fogging then leaking)

I'm pretty pleased with my swim, I would have liked to have been faster, but this was my first OW tri and a pretty long distance for me to swim, I finished very strong

long way up from the sm ramp to my bike rack and I didn't run :), wanted to compose myself and get ready for the bike, a little trouble getting the wetsuit off the left foot, trouble getting my socks on

not much, I could have been faster, but I wanted to make sure I did everything right and wanted to feel strong getting on the bike

felt good on the bike, kept my cadence up, got passed by alot of guys on tri bikes with disc wheels, had a team javelin guy pass me and yell "go team javelin", saw two guys at the race with team javelin uniforms

pretty good bike for me, this is the sport I spend the least time with so I can't expect to be super speedy

nothing spectacular here, everything went as planned, took a gu and headed off to the water station

nothing

it got very, very hot out on the run course, I really struggled here, my run was sub par, but I was moving as fast as I could, I decided to go without my hat, may have been a bad strategy, I got passed by tons of people on this run

run faster as always :), I didn't have anything left at the finish, so there you are

lots of water and gatorade, I was hot, walked around until the transition area opened to get our bikes out


for my first OW tri and 2nd overall I think I did about what I expected, my goal was sub 2 hour and I met that, more experience and more training will help me get faster


This is an awesome race, held on the naval base in Norfolk, extremely well organized, great volunteers and a great post race party at a park with beer :), barbacue, hot dogs, pizza etc, I will do this race again.