Started off hard. I was in the second wave. I caught and passed everyone in the first wave except for 4 people.

Nothing

I was debating weather or not to wear my wetsuit. I made the decision at the last minute to wear it. I tucked my Garmin under my sleve and it came off without getting hung up without a problem. I also ticked the timing chip under my suit but still managed to get the suit caught on it. Probably cost me a few seconds.

Not get the wetsuit caught on my timing chip. I think the benefits of wearing the suit out weighed the extra time it took in transition to remove the suit.

Not sure what happend. I was expecting to average over 24 but my legs just wouldn't do it. I passed 3 more people 1 mile outside the state park and could see the leader in front of me but could not catch up to him. Note to self: Don't eat chilie for lunch and dinner the day before a race. 3 bathroom stops on the way to Lake Charles, maybe that had something to do with it.
5 seconds seperated 3rd, 4th, and 5th.

Not eat chilie the day before the race. It was a short race so I didn't pay much attention to nutrition, lesson learned.

Simple, visor on, shoes on, grab race number belt and put it on as I am running out of transition.

make sure there is no pebbles stuck to the bottom of my foot before I put my shoes on.

Legs didn't want to turn over. I was ecpecting to run in the low 6 min miles for the first mile but the Garmin showed ~6:45. Hit the turn around, got a sip of water and my legs started to feel better. Average speed on the second mile was 10 seconds faster than the 1st.

Not miss the cup of water at the water station just outside of transition. Do some speedwork. I have not run much since 70.3 NOLA.

Walked around with my wife and brother, looked at the results, ate 2 piecs of cake, which tasted awesome by the way.


Probably didn't taper enough. I think I did to much the week leading up to the race, my legs just didn't feel right on the bike.
No run speed work what so ever.


This is a great race series. Love it. Bare bones, no awards just a little food and drink at the end of the race. But I don't go to a race for a medal or a meal, I go to race and enjoy the competition. It is a great location for a race.
This was my very first race I participated in 4 years ago so I have wanted to come back and do it again to compare.
2007 = 1:05.30
2011 = 56.51