Pretty uneventful swim. I met up with a buddy of mine right before the start who ended up riding my draft the whole time haha. How do I know? Because he said he was going to and I could feel his hands brush my feet the whole time. However, I'd be faster than him anyway, there was no holding back on his part.

I caught 2 of the waves ahead of me at the last buoy and the turn into shore was a big zig-zaggy as I weaved through people.

Time includes run up the beach into T1.

I guess the beast only like to come out in the water haha.

Nada.

This was a little hectic. No wetsuit to take care of so all I really had to do was get my shoes and helmet on and grab my bike. My chain ring got caught up on my bag that was under it and since I was right next to the support post on the inside end of the rack my pedal/crank got caught on there making getting my bike out a bit of a pain.

Not much I could do differently. The rack was a bit crowded so I had to do some consolidation and store some of my gear directly under my bike, which got caught up. Whatever.

Hmm, well my bike computer read 18.5 miles which would have given me a 20.27 avg, but whatever. The headwind was pretty strong on the way out but I felt pretty good and passed a lot of people. I never got uncomfortable or started to hurt in my legs, just kept cranking. At the turn around the wind was more tail/cross and I threw it in a big gear and just flew home, feeling good the whole time.

Pretty average. I don't have lock laces on my shoes anymore so it took some time to tie them.

Headed out on the run feeling pretty decent and trying to maintain my form. I got passed a bit but it's cool. I felt like I kept a good pace considering my lack of real run training.

Walked around a bit, had a banana, water, Gatorade, beer, Carraba's post race party.


Like I said earlier, this was my first race in almost 3 years. Although it was a sprint, I am feeling pretty good going into IMFL and IMCOZ. Really glad I decided to get out and race again. I had a great time.