I held back a little as I always do but quickly got acclimated and settled in. My sighting was spot on. I was amazed at how well I was doing. I felt good and didn't feel back I was holding back at all. Turning towards the shore, the sun was right in my eyes so that was a challenge but I was still able to keep a pretty nice line to the finish.

Pretty happy about this, my aero helmet was a bit tight so I had to loosen it a bit but then I was good.

I really wanted to crush this course. The terrain is similar to IMFL (minus the wind) so I wanted to stay in aero as much as possible. I felt a little sluggish at the start so I popped a gel. I took only water on the ride even though I prepared an EFS bottle. I didn't want to get out of aero to drink so I stuck to water out of the aero bottle and that seemed to work well. Had to slow down a couple times to deal with some newb riders but I pressed on. I can upon Scottie and a flat tire around mile 17. I yelled out to him but he told me to keep going. I kept wondering if I should tell someone he was back there but then I realized he was near a volunteer at the next turn so he could walk if need but Luckily he was able to fix his flat.

Overall very happy with this ride, I picked it up when needed and finished with a nice time.

Saw Scottie come in just a minute or two after I came into transition, he wasn't feeling the rest of the race but I pretty much yelled at him to keep going.

I felt super slow at the start of this run. I knew it was going to be hella hot and it was. I took a gel with me and slowly took bites of it for the first mile. I suck to water for the run and took advantage of the ice towels at the turn around (heaven!) I felt pretty solid but was afraid to pick up the pace at all because I felt my stomach could turn at any minute. I did not want to deal with nausea. I was pretty much in my zone and missed seeing people on the run even though this was a great course to see your competitors. Somehow I kept it up and finished feeling pretty spent by the end (but I guess that's a good thing!)

I was a bit dizzy at the end but Alan (or Louis I can't remember) got me a Coke and some water. I am not a soda drinker at all but the sugar tasted amazing! I inhaled a few cups of water, sipped on the Coke and found some shade. Our friend Michele brought chocolate milk and I drank that while I laid down to compose myself. I never felt ill but the heat and the hard effort definitely started to catch up to me.

I saw Scottie finish and we all hung out before packing up and waiting for awards (2nd age group finish woot!)


Love the FSSeries guys. There were some kinks in the race but overall a great event as usual.