This was my first real wave start, so I started towards the back. I misjudged how slow the back would be, so I probably wasted a minute or two.

Start more towards the middle of the pack.

Had to check my phone for text messages to make sure my wife hadn't gone into labor (she is over 8 months pregnant and has had our other kids in 8 months).

It was a decent run from the water to T1, so I'm happy enough with this time.

Holy Mount Kilimanjaro this was a tough bike. The downhills were really fun due to the slope and turns. I had heard some people had issue with this, but for me it was just fun. The uphills on the other hand were just torture. I have pretty much no way of training for this type terrain.

Borrow legs from someone else.

Had to check for text messages again.

My quads cramped up real bad for the first two miles; I'm guessing it was due to the tough bike portion. Luckily I got a few decent downhills I could use to stretch them out a bit.

Need to work on doing tougher bricks to help with the cramping.

Walked around a bit. Got an ART massage. Rev3 does put on a pretty a pretty cool event after wards. Though I do wish they gave you a couple of beers like Waterfront in Chattanooga.


Bike fitness. I need to keep working on the bike portion.


Only things I would suggest is to use signs for the Oly/Half diverge on the bike, and hand out a couple of beers after.