lots of jellyfish in the water even though they said there were hardly out there. i felt very comfortable in the swim, got into a rhythm in parts, broken up by sighting and running into people.

learn how to swim in a group better. train to go a little harder (in shorter races). i really take it ez on the swim, which i like, i just don't like finishing so slow! practice sighting. more OW swims. need to find a lake i can swim in around here.

my rack was right by the exit. i highly recommend it! could have saved some time by putting shoes on bike, but would only save a few seconds. wetsuit got stuck on my right leg again, and that darn timing chip. maybe pam on the outside of the suit?

maybe consider putting shoes on bike already. put glasses and helmet on at same time as suit rremoval? would need to practice that.

i went out pretty hard bc i thought my friend was in front of me and i HAD to beat him. ended up when i passed him i lapped him! i thought he was out of the water ahead of me, but he wasn't. it was his first oly and he did this one early in his training, so i had to smoke him...especially on the bike since he was riding my old one!

flat courses are a LOT harder than i thought. you have to stay in the aero position and crank the whole time. it's hard on the back and the taint.

not much.

was a little slow here. stretched hamstrings a bit in t2.

consider putting my race belt on before swim and rolling up the race number until the run.

HOT! i loved the flat run course...my first since i train on hilly courses. it was a great chance. i went out very slow the first leg as my legs were pretty stiff and tired. i then got into some kind of slow groove for the next two legs and then kicked it up for the last leg, especially the last mile. i thought the end was 600-700 yds closer than it was! so i was sprinting for a long time! beat the guy who passed me in the last mile though. kept HR around 170 for most of the run. seemed to be a good place for my HR vs. effort.


run faster? hard to say. i liked stopping at the aid stations and walking for 10 seconds or so while i cooled down and drank.

walked around and stretched a little


the heat


i think bc of the heat they should have had more drink stations on the run, but it was a good course and plenty of volunteers and they were very helpful. it was the hardest race i've done to date, but the most fun. i felt very comfortable at the start and with my effort. as i do more races, i hope the comfort level stays the same or gets better.