I was surprised to hear that the swim was wetsuit legal. It didn't even consider that possibility so I didn't pack my suit. I might have lost a little time but I was glad that I swam without it.

It was actually a decent swim for me cnosidering I have barely swam this year let alone this month. I did the first 2 sections perfectly but got a little off course along the home stretch. Still I wanted to be under 25 min - I now sad goal for some and was going to be thrilled with 21-22min. I actually came out of the water just over 20min so all in all a great swim for me.

I have to learn to swim to even worry about changes.

Long run to transition and a good portion of stairs along the way. I was all the way at the far end too so I think a good time. Very fast change once I got to my bike.

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7th AG / 34 Overall

This was a beast of a sprint bike course. Nice hill to start things off followed by some long slow rollers and then a long false flat that sucked the energy out of your legs. And that was just the first 4 miles.

Next turn was a 1.5m serious downhill. I was not able to fly down it. The roads were a little wet and I'm still nervous after my accident on the bike. I definitely lost time on the downhills for braking and sitting up b/c I was scared to go to fast.

The rest of the course was rolling with another false flat section then a brief low grade downhill followed by that beast of a hill coming home. It was tough and I had held my goal pace until I got to the last 0.5m on course. Still I did pretty good considering my training.

One very sad note - the day before we went to a BBQ at a team member's house which was on part of the bike course. I saw an adorable little fawn grazing in a field along the road. When I passed the same section on my bike Sunday AM, I saw the fawn crumpled on the side of the road. Life can be so cruel sometimes.

Not much - I rode smart and safe. I passed a ton of people out on course and was passed by very few.

Good transition - had trouble getting my shoes on w/ wet feet and turned the wrong way to go out for the run. Cost me a few seconds.

Know where the run out is.

Not as easy a run course as I thought it was going to be. I ran part of it on Sat. and it didn't seem so bad but there was more uphill coming home.

It was an ok run. I pushed really hard on the bike so I knew the run would hurt. Cardio was actually better than expected and I could have pushed myself up a level if I had been in contention for AG but I choose to work hard but not kill myself.

Met up w/ Tony and some fellow teammates. Ate some food then we packed up and headed back for a shower.


Lack of training.


Well run event, great park location and a real challenge for either the sprint or international. I would go back again.