First OWS of year, have not swum much due to lack of training time so I got through it. Had a very rough patch breathing about half way through but recovered.

Not swim like a stone!

No transition time logged by organizers, but felt fine to me.

The course was hilly, and pretty windy, but even taking this into account this bike segment was below average for me. I could not catch my breath, legs could not transmit any power to pedals and in general felt fatigued. Note to self. Don't do a 90 min hill workout on the Thursday before a race. I think that might have been a factor. That said I really enjoyed the course, very picturesque farmland in Clinton NJ and nice support from locals in the area.

Rest the legs before a race if I want to ride faster.

No T2 timing but felt I got in and out pretty smoothly.

Felt pretty good on the run considering limited training time. Held on to the shoulder of a guy who passed me about half way and paced off him then had the legs to kick on in last .75 mile which felt good.

Not much. After the bike I expected to run 9's as my legs had been so dead, so to average 7:30's was just fine by me.

Water + gatorade + sit down + socialize with the GC Tri crew.


Legs were heavy and felt fatigued.


This was a great location and race, the only down side was the organization at turns directing riders which was patchy. I managed to make the turns but I was not going very fast, and I saw a few people go the wrong way. That said, I would definitely recommend and do this race again though, great location and conditions for a season opening race. After 7 days of straight rain the sun finally came out and conditions were close to perfect.