Even though my time sucked, this was my best open water swim to date. It was also the 1st time I didn't have to turn over on my back to calm down / rest. I actually passed people and wasn't last in my wave.

I still have a long way to go but am confident I will get better as I gain more confidence. It really is more mental for me as I am more than capable, when in the pool.

As always, I am thrilled when I finally get out of the water. My eyes were burning and I was able to rinse them off, which provided much relief.

I got my suit to my waist and goggles/cap off right away and had a long run to my bike. I had a little trouble with my suit as well as getting one of my bike shoes on.

I am noramally pretty quick in transitions b/c its free time so I was disappointed that I wasn't as fast as I know I can be

I have been training on the course for months, but never after a 1500 meter swim and it definately made a difference. I was cramping throughout the bike, despite all the fluids, gels and endurolytes that I took in.

I really got my but kicked on the climbs but usually caught all the people who would pass me on the downhills and flat sections.

The heat really affected me, as I am a HEAVY Sweater but everyone had to deal with it.

I really need to evaluate my nutrition plans b/c its been the same story for both of my olympic tris.

I was really tight and struggled to get my sneakers on. I actually had to sit down to get 1 of them on. I also took the time to massage my calves with " the stick" which helped a little.

Again, I know I am capable of being quicker.

more brick workouts after long rides

Running is my strongest event, yet by looking at my times for the past 2 OLYs, you would never know it. I know I am capable of much faster times, so it really sucks that I am so thrashed by the time I get to the run. I wind up going hard until it hurts and then back off and repeat.

More bricks.

The ice cold bottle of water was like heaven, as I was certainly dehydrated. I had 1 bottle of endurox and then ate some of the post race food.


Not sure where to begin. This was run incredibly well for a 1st time event. To think that I almost didn't get to race it is crazy. This race is certainly going to grow in popularity over the years.

I volunteered at the expo and handed out the race T-shirts so I got to meet a lot of really cool people and also get an inside look at what's involved in making it all happen.

As for the race itself, it went off without any problems. Everyone I spoke to only had positive things to say.

Perhaps I am being hard on myself, since this is my 1st year of racing. I did 2 sprints and 1 olympic coming into this, all back to back each weekend and I have learned a lot.

Olypic is much different than a sprint and takes more planning.

Despite all the fluids and gels I took in, I was still dehydrated and now need to go back to the drawing board in terms of nutrtion. That and learn how to open water swim b/c I obviously suck at that.