I was not expecting to be very fast in the swim since I have had a hard time (due to living where I work in the middle of the woods) getting to the pool to train. I am happy with my time especially since I had a bit of a panic attack 1/2 way to the first buoy. I am usually pretty comfortable in open water but I am not sure what happened, I had to swim breast stroke for a while to calm myself down. I never fully got into a grove of steady swimming. I was disappointed in that aspect, however I was still a bit faster than my projected time, so that was good.

swim more and mentally prepare better from the washing machine.

pretty good almost a minute faster than my last race, I think the distances between swim exit and bike start were shorter. I felt good.

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I was a bit nervous about the hills but I was prepared for what the course threw at me. I just got a new bike and this was my second ride on it. I was very happy with the stability and comfort of my bike. I could have been faster on the uphills and i was happy with my comfort and speed on the downhills. I finished at my goal.
I have been having back pain for about a month and a half and I was happy with how it felt on the bike.

I could do more hill training. Begin rehabbing my back earlier so it would have been healed by now.

my back felt OK, I was kinda expecting to be all hunched over but I was able to straighten up and run with my bike.

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Bad run! I was 4 minutes slower than my usually 5K time. I felt slow going uphill and my back was real stiff but I felt much faster and felt I had better form on the way back. I was disappointed with my time. I wanted to finish in 1:50 and know I was not gonna get there. I thought I lost most of my time on the swim and a little on the bike, however after seeing my splits it was all on the run.

Rehab back sooner, run more and faster.

walked around, found my friends. Back got real sore. I had a very uncomfortable drive home and had an afternoon filled with pain killers and laying on the couch.


Back pain/SI Joint Pain. I am currently going to physical therapy.


Super fun, I'll do it again next year!