I *knew* that I would be slow on this swim. While I have done the distance previously, it was always in a pool. After last weekend's problems in the water, I was thinking I would be closer to 45-50 minutes. Didn't get bumped much, rolled over about 400 yards out to control my breathing, went back to freestyle after about 50 yard (tops). Got some good pulls rounding the 3rd buoy and heading back in. Had a small issue rolling to my right to breathe, and getting blinded by some sun, but overall I'm REALLY happy with how well this swim went.

I will be doing more swim intervals, to help with my breathing and speed the rest of the summer. Over the off-season, I will be re-building my base to handle much longer swims (tops now has been 2000-2250 yards - need MUCH more here).

Tried to take my time (in a hurry) during the T1. Forgot to grab my Clif bar and gels. Grabbed some H2O and some carb-drink. (Remember, I hadn't eaten anything this morning!)

Practice more T1 stuff, especially running right after leaving the water.

Obviously, the bike is my strongest suit here (146 out of 518!) Missed my gatorade bottle at the aid station. FLEW down the hills! Climbing was ok, but I could use some more hill training. Lower back got kinda sore, legs and butt less sore but noticeable.

I'm happy with this.

Here's where I started to pay for not being able to eat earlier. Got some H2O and some carb drink and took off.

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Walked the aid stations. Didn't get my legs really moving until the 3rd mile. I downed a Clif shot about the 3 mile mark, and this helped, but I really should have remembered them for on the bike segment. I fully believe that if I had remembered them, I could have beaten 3 hours.

Not forget my fueling plan!

Got some water, stretched and went into the lake to cool down. Wandered back in time to see COgirl and kimJ81 cross the finish!


Blown nutrition plan, a little tired, bad case of nerves right before the race.

Last night, while contemplating the bad luck last weekend (swim, flat tire), I re-considered my entire plan for this race. The goal: just finish! I was so stoked at being slightly over my initial projected swim time, that I wanted to find Lynn immediately - and forgot all about what I should have been doing (fuel plan). I feel like I rocked that bike route (drove it the night before, but it really felt good while I was on it!) Beat my bike and run times by a small amount (almost 2 minutes on the bike). Overall, I don't feel like I was 'limited to perform faster', but I actually performed faster than I intended on doing. My confidence on my bike is restored, and on the swim I feel GREAT. So, while I felt like my summer race plan was thrown off last weekend, I feel like I'm within striking distance for my next two races, and on goal for my August race. Although, I may now consider Boulder Peak as a B race - Louisville Legacy is still an A race for me.


Last night, I seriously considered NEVER entering this race again. Now, I'm thinking I want another shot at it next year! TONS of volunteers (though I came up on that last intersection at about 30mph, and the cops were waving traffic through! I started yelling at the volunteers "STOP THEM! STOP THEM!" and pointing at the traffic. Last car through was about 2 seconds before I hit the intersection!)