three years of doing this race - three years of timing problems. My initial results came back as a 13:51 for 400m. I forgot that I got out and took a nap on the pool deck. I emailed and they said it did seem off. Apparently my timing chip didnt start so I was given a time from the gun start until I hit T1 resulting in a big time. They went back and tried to estimate what they thought it should be. They said they think it is 7:15 (based on a gap of timing chips starting). So that is what I have to go with. I feel like that should be have a little faster but what are you going to do? I was seeded in the first fifty and passed two people so I was in the right space. Passed two people on the way to T1 (they were walking - what sillies)

start my chip

got my long sleeve shirt on easy - got my socks (damp from rain) and shoes on then wasted 20 secs wrestling with my jacket. At that point I said it is that cold and dropped the jacket on the ground and went

dont mess with the jacket

Lots of sustained low grade up hills and down hills. Dropped my chain on an uphill portion which is not where you want to drop a chain. Biking is still not a good area for me. Guess I should probably see an expert about it to make sure my positioning isnt preventing me from doing more. I felt pretty good about keeping breathing in check and whatnot. Not great but I didnt expect much based on historical results.

dont drop the chain

did not do my regular dismount because I hadnt practiced it since last year and it was wet. Instead I tried to kill my self by stopping then dismounting and still almost managing to fall over.

do the flying dismount - at least failure is more impressive this way

It felt awesome. Wasnt too sure on how this would pan out given the 3 month + hiatus from running and the limited amount of running in the last month. But I was chewing up people all through the course. I got stuck behind two guys in the turnaround area, passed them and they hung for a bit and then I didnt have anyone even close ahead or behind for the last mile (a little weird for a 5k). Finished well. A PR for a sprint distance and I think a PR for 5k overall

nothing

walking around, getting my wet clothes off, finding out I didnt bring underwear, cheering people commando


nothing - this was a fun early season test


timing issues still stink

swim = average
bike = a little disappointed but had some mitigating circumstances
run = great - very surprised

Weather was more pleasant that I expected although it got worse as the morning went on.