well we did bunch up on the end getting out - pretty happy with the times, some girl tried to pass me and did a flip turn on end, passed her in the lane never saw her again, could have passed the guy in front but there were 4 people in front of him, so no need to pass.

Seat higher on swim time - always an issue with snake swims with people and swim times.

Assigned racks so I had to go all the way to the end of the transition area to get to bike mount, no biggy

Nothing

Hills and wind - ouch - average 13 mph into the wind on hills, it was hard - overall OK on the ride but the wind did hurt - got passed by 3 guys on disc wheels, I am sure they had fun in the wind, ended up passing about 6 to 10 people overall. The overall distance was 13 miles that is what my Garmin said so I will go with that.

Ride into the wind on hills training. I feel that I could have gone faster without the wind maybe could have gotten to 20 on the ride

Ok, could not get my left foot into my shoe, sat down - I know major screw up and worked on getting the darn thing on. Finally got it going and off to the run

dry feet is the only thing I can think of, or new shoes, maybe watch a video on how to put freakin shoes on.

Well, I ran without socks, and got blisters on both heels at 1 mile, just kept running and blocking the heel pain. I believe I could have gotten down to 9 minute mile but the heels said "I don't think so" - overall happy. I wanted to start with 10min for the 1st mile and then knock it down to 9 min for the 2nd and then just run out for the last mile.

One, run without socks during short run training or put on socks or get new shoes. I don't know but will try running without socks more and see what happens.

Said hello to some buddies, watched my wife and others finish the race


Really the wind on the bike and the blisters on the heels, are the only thing that I believe hit me the most. The first race for the season so I'm OK with it.


OK, DA runs a smooth event and really everything was fine until waiting for the results, really does it take 7 hours to post results, I mean come on, the race is over at 11:00am and the results show up at 6 PM - I mean this is not an Ironman, it is a sprint race, come on DA this is the issue that hit you last year at this race - OK - I am off my box now!!