I think I started out working a little too hard and got too out of breath. The guy behind me tapped my foot. When I stopped at the wall to let him pass, someone was right on his feet, so I let them both go. The next thing I knew, I was right on his feet. I guess the girl passed him and went on. I felt like he slowed down and I couldn't keep up my pace. Finally, in the wide lane on the last lap, I dove ahead of him and got out of the water in an ok time. I definitely seeded myself a little too high, but in the grand scheme of things, that probably helped me.

Try to relax more in the beginning and then gradually build my pace if I feel good, rather than flaming out so quickly without much benefit to all that effort.

felt pretty good about this transition; set up with shoes on the bike, ran with bike well, stopped to hop on - still don't have the flying mount down; felt a little wobbly getting my feet into my shoes, but not too bad

keep practicing putting shoes on while riding; work on flying mount

This was a fast and fun course. It went by much more quickly than it felt on the day that I test-drove the course. At one point, I got stuck with a guy who I would pass on every down hill, but then he would pass me on every up hill. I think he was getting annoyed that I kept passing him, but I wasn't about to give up the speed that I had going down. I had to make up from my slow climbs somewhere! Eventually, he got ahead and kept going.

Just need to get fitter and get in some more long rides.

I got my feel out plenty early and had a pretty good dismount. Alan was at the dismount area cheering for me. Good motivation!

Try to hop off of the moving bike and run into transition without slowing down so much.

I was surprised by my pace for the first mile. I figured as long as my breathing was under control, I would just try to hold what I could while I could and if I gave out before the end, oh well. My miles got steadily slower by about :30 each, but I made it, and I felt like I used up everything I had. All you can do, right?

Get fitter and loose some weight!

I walked around a bit, found Tony, and drank a bunch of water.


My fitness and my extra lbs.


Overall, this was a pretty easy course, but considering how long I had laid off of training and how little I had done recently, this was a perfect chance to get out there and do something. I didn't expect to be competitive, but I guess since it was short and I was not dealing with the fatigue of a heavy season of racing and training, I was able to pull out a reasonable sprint. The race was very well run. I will look to do it again in the future for the fun and the convenience!