The swim went well. I started outside to the left and stayed out of traffic. I didn't look to draft. I felt confident the whole way.

Nothing? Maybe push a bit more in the middle stretch, but I'm happy with the swim. The time includes the run up the hill back to transition. Actual time in the water was 13:41.

5/13. Took off the wetsuit at the edge of the lake. This works so well that I'll continue to do it.

It easy to say I'd run up the hill now, but it didn't seem possible or worthwhile at the time.

The HR data suggests I rode hard, and it felt good and hard at the time. I'm happy with the speed and the result.

The only thing that makes me think I could have gone faster is the lack of utter soreness in my legs on Monday. My slow first mile running suggests I pushed just fine.

3/13. My transitions are getting solid.

Nothing.

The first mile was 8:06, and I definitely picked it up after that. I'm trying to push into the pain cave more, and I felt questionable the last mile. I was able to hold off some footsteps back there for the last half mile through the finish line.

Pick up the pace in mile 1.

No stretching, just a lot of waking around and hanging out with the team. I did job a bit to transition before taking a quick dip in the lake.


The wet roads lead to slower cornering. I'm pretty happy with all aspects of the race.


The only reason it wasn't on time was that thunder and lightning delayed things one hour. They also condensed the Olympic distance into the Sprint. This is a great race. It's small, friendly, fun, and flat.