I debated about wearing the wetsuit but knew I wouldn't be competing for an age group award so I thought I was just wear it. The swim went fine until I turned to head back towards the beach. My goggles were fogged and I couldn't see anything. I managed ok for a while but ended up going way off course til a volunteer yelled at me and told me where to go. I know this cost me some time.

I need to find goggles that I can look into the sun and still see. This is the second race in 2 years where I have had this problem.

Nothing special here though my last race this was under 2 minutes.

I really wanted to push the bike but kind of feel like this was an average effort for me. I think the heat and wind played into that. One thing is that I brought my aero bottle with powerade and it wasn't nearly enough to drink.

I need to bring more fluids on the bike when it is this hot out.

Nothing special here.

What can I say here, I totally blew up on the run. I don't think I drank enough on the bike and with heat I just didn't have anything left in the tank for this run. I did my best but ended up walking most of the uphills and aid stations trying to stay cool.

Train in the heat more often

Just got some water and food.


The heat and humidity was a big factor. Also my issues sighting on the last part of the swim cost me some time too. That and I have been too busy to put a lot of time into training this year.


This race is like 1 mile from my house on the same lake I live on. This is my third year doing the race and I love it. However, I am starting to get annoyed at the amount of vehicle traffic on the bike route when I know there are other routes they could take that would be much less busy.