WTF??? I swam to the far buoy in warm up and then got lost in the race?? I got my prime starting spot, inside left in the front, got off really well and was cruising along at a really good pace. I saw a kayak following up behind me on my left, and I had to stop to make a quick sighting only to find out I was about 25 yards to the left of the first buoy!!!!!! By the time I made it back on course, I was now MOP. Did well, rounded the turn-around buoy and headed for shore and wouldn't you know I did the same damn thing AGAIN???? What the HELL? I was so pissed at myself, I've never had a hard time sighting, I guess I was just heading towards the wrong yellow buoy and ended up in the middle of the going out and the coming in lanes. Probably added about 100 yards to my swim. Really threw me off.

Umm, definitely make sure I was sighting on the correct buoys!! I probably would have been 2nd out of the water without the detours.

There was a pre-arranged bike in/bike out route that they changed at the last minute. I totally would have chosed a different bike spot had I known. As it was I had to run a long ways out and a long ways in with the bike. Got to the mount line and realized I hadn't aligned my right pedal the way it should be so had to quickly adjust that and neither foot wanted to clip in, but finally got it going.

Need more transition work, I lost a lot of good free time here.

This was a good ride. Passed tons of people and knew I was doing well when I started passing some men who started the swim 20 minutes before me! Did well on the hills, good gearing. I played leap frog with about 4 women from my AG and I could have pushed it harder to come in before them, but I was trying to save a little for the run. Took some Shot Blox at mile 10.5 which didn't set quite right in my stomach. Was able to pass about 10 people right before the dismount line.

Keep working on bike fitness... I really want to be able to ride an average of 20+ mph and not fall apart on my run, I'm not there yet. Overall, I was pretty happy with this ride. Best part of the race!

I couldn't run to rerack my bike, it was on a downhill, and I just didn't feel that steady. Had a little bit of a hard time getting my running shoes on, I may need to loosen the Yankz just a little, and left calf wanted to cramp. Got them on, grabbed my stuff and off I went.

I need to work on taking the shoes off BEFORE I dismount so I can run easier to my rack. I really don't like how hard it is to run with the cleats I have.

By this time I had seen 4 or 5 women in my AG pass me on the bike and then a few more that I had passed on the bike, passed me on the run. I was pissed at myself about the swim and knew I had lost a chance at a medal, so I kind of said, "oh well" and didn't give it my all. Walked several times even though I could have easily kept going at the pace I was going. I did finish pretty strong for me when we hit the last segment towards the finish line that was paved.

Keep running!! After a mile I KNOW my legs begin to feel normal again. I need to keep working on starting slow and the negative splitting my runs so I get used to picking it up on tired legs. I will not let the run beat me!!!

None, received an ice cold wet towel and a cold water at the finish. I looked for Brittany and didn't see her so I just sat down on the curb and cussed myself out for a crappy race. She caught up with me within a few minutes and then we packed up our bikes and got some food and waited for awards... Go Britt, 3rd in her AG and 7th woman overall!!! Super for her considering she was having some stomach problems...


Definitely poor sighting in the swim... and as ususal, a sucky run. I am really happy with my bike and swim (in general) but I am not at all happy with my run, it is my nemesis!!!


This was a very well run race, and a great course... fairly easy bike and run course. I will want to do this one again. There have been some monster women in my AG that have just started showing up for ALL the races I've done so far... I don't remember any of them from last season, I must be picking different races this year! I ended up as 72 out of 230 women that puts me in the top 3rd. Overall right at 50%, MOP. Swim was top 20%, bike top 16%, run top 58% (haha, or reading it the other way, bottom 42%)