Swim went perfect except for the canoe that hit me twice. In his defence, I took a wider angle toward the far buoy, and I tend to swim pretty straight so I do not need to sight that often. However, he should not get in my way 2 times!

Shark the canoe

Long run UPHILL to transition

Bike was tough right off the bat. After a long steep run into transition, I probably didn't calm down my HR until 7 miles into the bike. Saw a lot of drafting by a few individuals through most of the bike. Missed the turn onto Stracks Church Road because they only had a sign and no volunteer. I know I should have followed the sign, but every other turn had a volunteer and in a state of exhaustion, I had a mental hiccup.

Draft more to prevent an unfair advantage of the other drafters.

Missed my rack so I had to rack and then walk under the bar.

Remember my rack

Really let loose on the downhills. Almost the whole course was gravel so it felt a little dangerous on multiple occaisions. I wear racing flats so feeling the rocks on my feet was not very pleasant. Focused hard on taking the shortest route possible on all the winding roads.

Nothing

light stretch, Peroneal tendonitis acted up again, so I had some ART done post race at the massage tent.


1/2 ironman 13 days before this race


Dont do this race if you hate hills because the hills here hate you! Good event for the price though!