Took the swim fairly easy. Tried to stay away from others at the beginning and it wasn't too crowded. I sighted well and seemed to not have to make major course corrections. I never did find anyone my pace to draft off of, so I kept the strokes long and never got tired. I got swum over on the back stretch by a couple of guys from the wave behind me.

Nothing, swim was good. 4 mins under last year without a wetsuit. I'll take it.

Took my time in T1 this year. I jacked my HR last year, so I decided I'd just walk quickly up the big hill. Seemed to work better. Put on shoes at the bike since I hadn't had time to practice the mount with them in the clips.

Practice my transitions.

Getting my HR under control took all of my focus for the first several miles. Got into a good rythm and just cruised. I like this rolling course. If you use the gears correctly and don't burn yourself at the beginning, it's a lot of fun. Stopped for a potty break at the top of a hill and ended up in a red clay patch ... took a couple of miles before I could knock it out of my cleats and clip in again.

I think I paced the bike well. Thought it was going to be slower than this considering I was working to hold back.

No issues here.

Killed me again. I started out easy as I had planned to. Just wanted to hold ~8:30 pace which shouldn't have been a problem and break the 2hr mark. Did that for the first 4 miles then just became drained and was suffering goose bumps from heat stress throughout the rest of the run. I kept trying to drink and use the rags to keep cool, but didn't seem to work. Suffered through the run.

Need more heat training and more running time.

Walked around and talked with friends. Ate a ton and then headed home.