Up until the first turn buoy if you would have asked me how I was doing I would have told you I was cruising. Either I was up until that point or it was just me thinking that. I was trying out some new adjustments to my stroke. It's possible that it did make me go faster in the beginning and I simply tired out. Who knows. I'm a lousy swimmer; HOWEVER, I got out of the water with energy. That's good. Usually I'm a teensy bit tired when I get out - nothing serious but I'm usually a bit fatigued.

I'm working on getting technique nailed down. I just gotta practice :-)

I thought this was pretty swift. I usually have fairly decent transitions. I will work on speedy transitions when it's what is making or breaking a goal :-)

nothing.

I think I may have went to hard for my goal of the day. However, I felt okay. Around mile 20 my leg was bothering me a little. I think it was because I was in a too easy of a gear into the wind. Changed gears and it went away but not after about 10 miles of me trying to figure out what it was. I'm not sure how everyone else felt but I felt like I was getting a headwind the entire time. Absolutely no tailwind. This is where I really tried to focus on nutrition. I felt I did well but I need to work on accessing my nutrition. I was a mess in that sense.

I'm not sure. I can't really complain about a bike pr with untapered legs.

Same as above.

My goal here was to run from aid station to aid station and walking for one minute tops at each aid station. I didn't taper for this am currently training for IM and 100 miler so I kind of wanted my legs a little tired. For the first two miles I thought "gosh, this isn't going to be good," but once I got my legs under me I was running strong - slow, but strong. This was by far the best I've felt on a 1/2IM run.

I have to figure it out. I don't think I nailed nutrition but I did MUCH better than I ever have as far as drinking and taking in some calories. My legs (shorts) were white with salt. I have to figure that out. I kind of felt my left leg may have been very close to cramping - they may have something to do with one another. All in all it was a solid training day for me, I think. I wasn't tired after the race nor was I stiff or sore the next day. I got to see a few of my friends on the course which is always nice.

Nothing really. Drank some water and ate some food while I waited for everyone to finish.


um, probably that I didn't taper for this. If I had rested a bit I think my performance would have been better. I'm happy with it, and it was nice to focus on other things aside from getting a good time or a pr. It was fun.


As usual, the event itself is top notch and very hot. It wasn't as hot as previous years but still very hot.