I stunk it up in the pool. Good thing it was a short swim.

I need to get some speed back in the water. Need to examine my present swimming workouts and find the speed I had earlier this year.

My helmet went weird on me and my chin strap was loose for some reason. Not a perfect transition by any means, shoes didn't go on smoothly. 15 seconds or so lost in this transition.

I should add double checking the strap to my pre-race checklist.

Still haven't gotten my front dérailleur lever replaced, so I did this event with my big ring only. Probably would have like to spin up some of the hills on this course, otherwise not a bad ride given the hilliness of the course.

Maybe find the time to get to my shop that has my lever waiting for me. Otherwise I probably could have pushed it more on the course, but being unfamiliar with the course, didn't want to blow myself out.

Pretty routine, Zoots didn't slide right on... maybe 10 seconds lost here overall in retrospect.

Well, set my PR for a 5K. Pretty flat course with a little hill that was a bit challenging that you hit on each loop.

Go harder and faster... I seem to cross the lines in these sprints and think that I left too much in reserve. Still learning and feeling these things out.

Gatorade, they had a huge tin of the fruit and nut trail mix from Costco I love and walked around with my wife. Chatted with some friends. Felt fine.


Started horribly in the pool, otherwise pretty happy with this one aside from little nit-picking things here and there.


Another great race by the folks at Setup Events. Not bad for an inaugural race at this venue.