Started pretty well and was quickly in the front pack
From then on there was little change in positions, the field was pretty thin, even though there were approx 100 starters per wave

The pace felt pretty fast and I was never able to settle down with stroke and breathing, did many 2 stroke breaths

on the way back after the turnaround I overestimated the slight right turn and ended up too far to the right, not sure if that had any significant time impact

Nothing really

Coming out of the water I finally found my sister and dad, they took my cap and goggles
later at the bike my father wanted to help with the suit, had to send him away to avoid DQ due to external help...

Getting on bike was okay, decided to put shoes on in T1 because from rack to start bike it was mostly sandy

was able to pass many slower riders from the earlier wave but was passed by many from my wave and towards the end also from the third wave

There was a little bit of rain about 10min in, but that was short and the sun came out soon after

Not sure if I could have pushed harder, but was definitely passed a lot, I felt slow, even though I avg 34.4 at the end of the bike


I need to go back to intervals and tempo bikes next season!!

volunteers took your bike, then a short run to the shoes over grass and pavement, very nice T

Managed again tu run under 5:00 pace but was hoping for a faster run due to the short course
There was one gradual hill around 3.5k, not steep enough to be a real threat but long enough to hurt

Don't get two blisters the day before!