Felt pretty good in the water. Held back and tried to stay comfortable.

Wetsuit strippers were great, the run up the hill to t1 was not so great.

Here is where I had some problems. At the 40km mark my rear derailleur broke, and by broke I mean exploded. The plate holding the two wheels on fell off and very shortly after of course the wheels fell off. I had to wait about 35 minutes for someone to stop with a chain breaker. Then took me a little while to shorten the chain and turn my bike into a single speed. For the remaining 54k of the course I was riding 52x24. Made pushing up the hills pretty tough and I was spinning out on most of the downhills. But I was just happy to get the bike back on the road. Overall I lost about 40 mins to just standing around and bike repairs. My garmin had my actual biking time at - 3:08:09.

Run felt good at half way point, started to push it and by 15k I was beat, quads were cramping up every hill, managed to run through it though.

Had a great time despite bike issues. Can't wait to go back next year.