First TRI swim completed without too much drama. I couldn't figure out why people were swimming in my direction until I decided I had moved a bit off course. I think I added 50 yards or so in terrible sighting.

Swim WITH the swimmers instead of AT the swimmers. I was very happy to not be last out of the water in my wave. I knew I was going to be slow, in fact that was the plan.

I was gassed pretty hard after the super short swim. I motored my way to my bike to find not many left in my rack (hmmm I guess I need to swim faster at some point). Really short haul to the bike out from my sweet transition spot.

Nothing yet - work on swimming better so I could move better in transition.

Holy crap! I was 4th fastest of the super sprint field on the bike! 250W was the goal from my coach and 242W was my actual. Cadence was a bit lower than what I have been working on but it took a bit on the bike before I realized my cadence was way too low. 25-30MPH on the way back really helped bring the 17.7 MPH average from the way out up.

Ride more so I can go faster.

Since my last DU had a terrible T2, I was a bit cautious here not wanted to pull my calf and cripple my run.

Nothing for now.

Wish I had more in the tank here. This was the only portion of my race I was even remotely disappointed with. Still by far my fastest second run split from a DU and obviously everything is a PR in your first Tri. I passed one runner on the run course (it just so happened he was the only person I was trying to pass in my wave)

Train harder to run faster. Not drink in a run this short. I wasted time here.

Not quite a melt-down but I needed to sit. I did use up pretty much all I had on the course.

Drank quite a bit of water / Gatorade and one beer (THANKS JUSTIN!)

Felt great after about 10 minutes.


Training (my first race)


It was awesome having my wife & girls, Justin & girls at the race cheering. My mother in law was also still in town which was kinda cool. Thanks for the support!

The RD and support did a great job with this race. I can't think of anything I would improve on. Traffic control was OUTSTANDING. Timing was up quickly - food / drinks were spot on. I am sure some competitors may feel slighted by the bike in and out in the same location favoring those of us with sweet transition locations. I acknowledge that I was blessed in this race and I am sure I will be on the flip side in some race in the future. The live music was a nice touch.

Thanks Eric for the great advice - we haven't been working together long at all but I have already seen the results of working with a coach. I drank the Power Tap Kool-Aid and am more dedicated than ever to training with power.