Swim felt great. I felt like my sighting was great. A large group of swimmers took off far to the right of the buoys and were all over the place. I headed right for the far buoy and didn't stray. I lost one swimmer who took off way ahead of me and stayed there. I think there was one person drafting off me almost the whole swim that I had no idea was there until the end when she passed me very close on my right side. She tried the pass a couple hundred yards from the finish and I ended up finishing in front of her.

Use more lube under my arms. I got a little bit of a rash. Overall, swim went awesome.

Dropped my goggles while removing my cap and goggles. That cost me a few seconds. There is about a 200m run from the swim finish to the transition area.

I also was a little clumsy clipping into my pedals. Other than that, transition was nice and fast.

Be more careful when removing goggles.

Bike felt good. Spent a lot of time on my tri bars. It was a good effort by me. I felt like I was standing still though when the faster competitors went by me.

Still just need more saddle time. I think I want to get a compu-trainer to work with over the winter.

Transition time looks fast, but I lost at least 10 seconds by going to the wrong rack at first.

Next time, I think I am going to walk the transition area from swim in, and then from bike in so that I know what I am looking for.

It was crazy hot! The first 2 miles were absolute misery. I didn't think that I was going to be able to keep going. I felt better during miles 3 and 4 and then hit the wall again. mile 5 was rough and then mile 6 I was almost done! I actually held a decent pace considering the heat.

I think I did the best I could considering the heat.

Light stretching


Poor diet and beverage choices leading up the event.


This was a well organized event. It was very spectator friendly and a lot of fun. I think I will be back next year.