I was in the middle front, where I normally don't go. I got caught a little by surprise by the start and that led to me being assaulted by the other swimmers. Took me forever to get a lane. I had to keep moving outside. It probably cost me 30 sec to a min. After that I was a little discouraged and I think it slowed me down a little.

Start in the outside front like I normally do.

I had not practice transitions this year. I was really worried about my flying mount. It turned out to be one of my better ones. THe rubber band on my left shoe held a little too well, but I was mounted and my feet went right into my shoes. Pedaled for a bit to get some speed and then cinched the shoes up. My left one was still pretty loose though. I needed this after a poor swim.

Nothing. This went pretty well.

The wind was very irritating. I really hate riding in the wind. It wasn't that bad, but I still hate wind.
I though I was doing pretty well until I saw the results. I am at a loss on what to do next. I thought I was pushing fairly well. The bike is so important to these things. It's kinda irritating to beat the 2nd place (AG) in the swim and run, but still place 6th in my AG.

Next year I'm getting a new bike when I get back. Focus more on riding.

This is the best T2 I have ever had.

Nothing.

I decided to start out of T2 at a faster pace whether my legs liked it our not. I just focused on stride, form, and turnover. After I settled down I tried to maintain the current pace and then pick it up on the way back. I was surprised at how decent my time was. I would love to get it under 20min though.

Pretty happy with this one for me.

Walking around, light jogging, and stretching.


More dedicated training.


They had a few issues at the start and with the bike course apparently. I really didn't notice any bike course issues. For the event overall, I was pretty satisfied with the race.