I got beat on pretty good on the first part of the swim. I tried to stay calm and used a good bit of energy to try to surge to open water. Things cleared out once I reached the first buoy & the rest of the swim was uneventful.

Keep working

I had the second or third fastest transition split in my AG, but I could have been faster if my wetsuit wouldn't have gotten stuck on my feet. I had to sit down to pry the thing off both of my feet.

Coming out of T1 I felt like my HR was jacked way up. I didn't have a HR monitor on, but I just felt like my heart was racing and my percieved effort was way high compared to my performance. On one of the small rollers I actually sat up at of aero in an attempt to catch my breath. At the first left turn we caught a tail and that gave me enough assistance to get going. Over the last 13 miles I prob. avg. a little over 22. However, those first 3 miles kicked my butt. I ended up riding about 2.5 min slower this year compared to last year.

Not sure if racing HIM(if you want to call my HIM performance racing) last week had anything to do w/ the percieved exertion of those first few miles. After I finally got my HR down and I caught my breath I was able to push a good pace. I just need to keep riding my bike--alot!

Racked my bike pulled my shoes on & started running.

Keep practicing pushing the pace.

I really wanted to go sub 22 on the run. I pushed hard(for me)the whole way but ended up 12" shy of my goal run time.

Run more and run faster

Hung out talking w/ friends. Good food and drink post race.


I've done this race the last several years. SetUp does a great job w/ organization, course safety/nourishment, and post race activities.