I'm not entirely sure what happened here. I felt good swimming and saw a lot of caps of the wave in front of me, so I thought I was swimming quite quickly and well, but I suppose I went out too easy. Only drafted for a few brief sections, but was happy to have a lot of water to myself, especially given how tight I stayed to the bouys. Navigation was near perfect, I think. Some chop in the water, and took a mouthful or two. Also took one good kick in the jaw about 3/4 of the way through.

Water was cold, and I got a cramp in my calf toward the end. Haven't cramped swimming in over a year, so I'm guessing this was a product of the cold water.

Swim a little faster, maybe try harder to draft more.

Wetsuit got stuck on my ankle something awful. Frozen hands from the swim and I just couldn't get it off. Must have been at least 20 seconds, maybe more like a minute struggling with that. Will practice this.

Felt great on the bike... felt fast and strong and happy to be biking. Passed a lot of folks, but I didn't know at the time that was because most of the strong athletes beat me out of the water by several minutes.

Hammered up some hills, which may have been a bit too aggressive... probably could've used some of that leg strength on the run.

24oz gatorade and 8oz water ran out ~2/3 way through. Would've taken a gel with 10min left on the bike if I'd had water left.

More fluid, a little less powering up hills.

Lot of mud to run through.

Will work on getting into and out of shoes attached to pedals.

Felt awfully weak starting out. Pace didn't change much over the course of the run, but I felt more like myself as a runner in the second lap.

Maybe push a little harder in the beginning trusting that I'd get my rhythm eventually.

pizza and gatorade


Complete lack of high intensity training this spring (IM base building).