I've swam for a grand total of 1.5hrs in about a year. I couldn't believe how quickly I swam. I guess the years of competitive swimming really paid off. My only real problem was sighting the final buoy. The red blended into the treeline just enough that it was hard to quickly distinguish with my fogged up goggles. Also managed to bend my toe nail back on the exit from the swim. Coming out of the water and seeing my fiance and her family there cheering was definitely a highlight.

Swim more. I should easily be able to get my time into the 1:20s and get out of the water quicker.

Not really concerned with transitions as this is only my 2nd race. However, the day will come that I need to be able to have the shoes on the bike already and not have to worry about putting a shirt on when I get out of the water.

This is what I need to work on. The only problem with being ~3rd'ish out of the water is that allows the entire field to pass you on the bike -- quite disheartening. Saddle was causing severe discomfort towards the end making the ride quite difficult.

Bought a new saddle today so that issue will hopefully be resolved by the next race. Consider using HRM to keep better track of effort.

Slow. Dropped brand new glasses and freaked that I may have scratched them.

Legs felt fine after getting off the bike, not the usual wobbliness. My heart, however, blew up. Really wish I had my HRM on because I'm sure it was in the 190s. Could not get it to calm down for the entire shaded/trail portion, but was determined not to walk. Once my heart rate calmed down I could settle in and enjoy the run. The heat was slowing me down pretty bad and I'm still not completely used to it after spending so much time in comfortable Washington state. I only walked briefly (less than 5s) in order to take a sip of water at a couple of stations.

Definitely wear my HRM.

Lack of endurance training. I've spend a long time on the bike and I've spent a long time on the run, but never a long period of time doing both to equal the time I spent at the race. I definitely need to do some bricks.