As you can see from the pace, this clearly wasn't a quarter mile. The waves were extremely small, almost non existent, so it was much easier than last year. Since the swim was so short, there was a lot of traffic. I had to slow up significantly one time because there was a guy I was right next to veering off the wrong way from the buoy. Besides that, the swim was rather uneventful. I did push pretty hard since the swim was so short.

Not too much. Hope not to get caught up with other swimmers is about it.

Had a pretty solid T1. I think there was about 5 of us that entered T1 about the same time and I came out first so that was good. My wetsuit did get caught of my left ankle slightly, but not bad.

Did a great job jumping on the bike and got up to speed very well.

Not much. Just keep working on being faster.

Not thrilled with my ride. I was planning to average at least 310 watts and didn't even break 280! My HR was pretty high so I didn't want to push too hard and blow up on the run. I did do a 3:45 ride on Thursday and a 3:00 ride Saturday so I think my legs may have been a bit tired although they didn't feel that bad.

I actually had a pretty good little scare at the turn around. I started to pedal while I was still angled down quite low and I hit my left pedal on the road. Luckily I just kinda bounced upright and just kept on going. That definitely could have been a lot worse.

The road were in terrible condition. It was really difficult to get in a grove because I felt like I was bouncing around constantly.

Push a little harder.

T2 went well as usual. Dismounted very well, got my shoes on very quick so it went great.

Nothing

Overall, happy with my run. My focus on my form has been really helping. I pushed it quite hard and came very close to pulling off 4th overall (at that point, I thought it was 3rd because a guy beat me from another wave). I came in to T2 about 10-15 seconds behind Joe Hardin, one of the elites. As we headed out, I was slowly gaining on him and passed him before the water stop. I continued to gain ground on him and thought I had him. However, as the finish line got closer, about a half mile out, he started gaining on me. I'm quite happy with my pacing and kept it quite consistent. Apparently my Garmin doesn't do mile splits when its in multisport mode. Gotta fix that. I tried to hang with him, but I just didn't have enough in the tank. I didn't drink anything on the run and I'm curious if I would have benefited from doing so. Nonetheless, I had no cramping issues so was very happy with that.

Keep working on my form and getting faster! Also take in some light fluids.

Not too much. I walked around quite a bit and watched my friends finish my mom and my brother.


I'm sure the training volume this week didn't help as I didn't taper whats so ever, but I still felt pretty good out there.


I really like this race and they do a great job organizing it. However, the roads for the bike course really need to be redone. That's my only complaint.

The conditions were much better than last year, but I did improved my time from last year by 6:40! I figured I was going to improve, but didn't plan on shaving off that much time.

I'm happy with my results, but was most happy that my brother came to watch. Its the first triathlon he's ever been to and he told me he has a new respect for what I do and for triathlons, which made me very happy to hear to say the least. :)