I upheld the honor of the old guys, as no one over 25 beat me in the swim. Swam well. The entry was for s*** due to the footing, but other than that it was a fine swim. HR was pegged coming out. Sometimes it does that when I go from horizontal to vertical. Regardless, a good swim.



Smooth out at the end and save more for the bike.

Meh. Long run to the bike, and long run out.

242w avg power, 249w normalized. I have it at 21.8mph - note this is a very hilly course, so that speed is pretty decent for the course (overall winner was at about 24mph). Official time shows I was 30 seconds faster. Not sure how that worked, but they have me at 22.2mph. That is just about 1mph faster than last year (and the course was changed to make it a bit slower, I think). I still have a good bit of work to do here, as I was really expecting higher power numbers and a bit better speed. But this course is tough to get in a rhythm.

Not sure, but I never really felt comfortable. My power on the hills was down due to really high HR. 176bpm average is super high for me.

Not a great performance here.

Awful. Forgot to take race belt out of bag. Tried to swig water from a bottle that was turned closed. Forgot to get Garmin on the way out.

Pretty much everything.

Only two folks substantially faster than me. Most of the folks that beat me were within about 20 seconds of my time. 22:11 - for a 7:23/mile average or so on a very hilly course. I felt much slower than this, particularly on the first uphill, in which my HR was beyond pegged. I did manage to settle into a good pace and stride it out. Happy with the run effort. For me that is pretty good, particularly on this course.

Not much here. I really ran well.

Power on the road. Awful transitions.