Nervous before the start but once I hit the water I felt confident. Swam my stroke like I had trained and didn't try to force it. I passed 4 or so people and it wasn't difficult. Last 150 or so was a little more difficult and I was breathing every other stroke; body dropped too. Overall a good swim.

Training should include more distance work, all of mine was n x 25 so my body was a little surprised.

Jogged to my bike and got my gear on. I was halfway to the mount line when I realized my helmet wasn't buckled so I stopped and did it. Jogged my bike out and hopped on.

Nothing other than buckling my helmet automatically. I never forget that so I assume it was the adrenaline. Maybe run faster in and out.

Got into the shoes and up to speed no problem. Adrenaline and the swim had me pretty out of breath and it took me the first loop to get my legs back under me. Kept getting stuck behind a lady with roughly the same speed and I was afraid I'd get a drafting penalty so I pushed a little and got past her. Once my legs were back I felt really good on the bike. Took Gu at about mile 9 and got out of my shoes on the last straightaway.

Train for more speed? I can do the distance no problem so the limiter now is power output.

Jogged my bike in and racked it; I've always walked before so that felt good. Socks gave me trouble but got them on and headed out.

Something about the socks? Otherwise nothing.

Training was 1:30 jog/1:30 walk and I held to that. Took me 1/2 the run to get my breath/legs back but in previous races I've NEVER gotten them back so that was a lovely surprise. Held to my plan and came in, for me, strong. Finished with plenty left in the tank while still exceeding my goals.

Run harder. I had lots left but that's hindsight and I was just trying to follow through on a plan and prove to myself I could keep to a plan.

Walked over to D and Jonathan and sat down to rest. After a few minutes I got up and got some food, grabbed my gear and headed home for a nap. Then Captain America!


Training technically, but I had an awesome race. Took 25 minutes off my previous time for this course and based on how I felt I probably could have made that an even 1/2 hour.


Some parking, marking and handling issues with the new management. But the course is good, the site is nice and I like the race.