The swim was not too bad, the water was calm and had a reasonable temperature. The only problem I had with the course was the huge amount of people. Swimming in a rectangle is not much fun either, I am a little more used to triangles which seem to go quicker.

3-stroke breathing instead of 2.

Had problems with getting my shoes on correctly in T1 that probably cost me a good 20 seconds. I also had a problem getting my shirt on, which also probably cost me some time. I was able to get up to speed and onto the bike quickly however.

Dry myself a little better to make it easier to get my shoes and shirt on.

I worked what I thought was really hard, and it showed when I got to the run. This bike course was much more enjoyable than buckeye lake.

Save a little bit of energy for the run.

TA2 was good, and what took the most time for me was just changing shoes. My neighbor did throw his bike against mine so I had to knock his out of the way to get mine in.

Nothing, I just need to work on changing sheos on the run in the future.

This run was hell for me. I was fighting shin splint pain as well as brick legs from hell due to the fact that I left all my energy out on the bike course. I walked much of the time for these reasons, and even after the race the pain was still pretty bad.

Not run on bad shin splints.

Walked around a bit and had some energice and pasta.


Sore muscles, shin splints.....overworking on the bike course.....


I should have known this race was going to be tough for me when I could not get to the race site due to heavy fog and detours. My swim and bike were not all that bad actually, but my run was a nightmare because of my legs. I am going to spend some time this off season avoiding running and spend more time on my swimming and strength.