Was in heat 3, caught up to Slow swimmers of heat 2. Was kicked in ribs in beginning of swim. Mid swim thought Timing strap was falling of so slowed down to check.

Make sure Timing chip is fastened properly, look over course before swimming

Transition ZONE POOR. Transition string not rack. Bikes all fell over. Transition zone and race road is separated by Gravel and sharp rocks. Very hard to run with no shoes over sharp gravel fast. Placement of rack also gave disadvantage to members that showed up slightly late (by that i mean 30 minutes early instead of hours). Bike was placed very far from entry point of bike route.



Place bike closer to timing area. wear cycling shoes before running.

If the crash did not happen my placement could have been in low 20s. Possibly high 19s over all if no chain failure however stop was legitimate and even a few places would not have made too much of a difference. I am glad to know the guy is okay.

I thought course was going to be flat so ran a different cog set instead of my hill climbing cog set.

Look at course and practice first.

Back to gravel. My foot was out of the shoes then I realized there is intense gravel so i hopped all the way to my rack. Threw the bike down. My race number lost a Pin so i had it mounted sideways by one pin. I tried to find it which took a long time.

Move transition zone closer to front of rack.
Shoes fully on.

Piss Slow. Ran two days before race. Tore something in my foot. Thought it had healed about 100meters in Tore again. Was bleeding from the foot. Run jog walking. Extremely hot. No way of hydrating. Hydration centers very sparsely placed.

then cramps set in.Even with my fist in my side to alleviate cramp unable to do so.

Not run before the race.

A granola bar and a short walk


Poor sleep. Poor hydration or over hydration. Blind bike route. Insufficient training and nutrition.


Was first tri. Planning was poor but was decent for something just put together.