Navigate better. Zig-zag too much in the first leg of the swim, lost time, but it was still better than most of my races to date. Not bad considering that I just finished 5 weeks of PT for my shoulder and have done only 3 swim training sessions in last 5 weeks

This transition was pretty much a trainwreck. It just felt like I was taking forever and had to sit to finally get the wetsuit off.

the mileage that I have been putting on the bike is definitely starting to pay off. This is the best pace that I have had yet, and even though the first third of the race was slightly uphill and I could feel my breathing getting heavier, I was able to push through it and averaged a sold 20+ pace for the remaining 2/3 of the bike portion

Could probably still shave a few seconds off of the T2 time, but overall was okay with it.

For the first event of the year, I was very happy with the run portion. For the first time on the run I actually felt like I was racing, versus surviving. I have been doing a fair amount of speed work this spring to lower my times on the run and when I do them as a stand alone workout, the times have been coming down. To see it work on the course makes the work that much more worth it.

Walk around and enjoy father's day with the family


lack of swim training in the weeks leading up to first event, and a very sub-par T1. The rest of it will come over the course of the season