I didn't train the swim much over the last month, and I paid for it. The distance wasn't tough, I just couldn't get going very fast. Got passed a lot by guys wearing wetsuits, and I think it really does make a difference with the swim speed.
But it didn't make that much difference. I just wasn't trained for the swim.

TRAIN more for this portion. I thought that I was good enough that I wouldn't have to focus training on the swim that much, and I paid for that decision.

Was a bit gassed after the swim and long run to my transition area.

I need to practice running and jumping on the bike. Not that it saves that much time, but I am pretty slow with that portion of the race.

This was one of my best bike legs ever. The first lap, I held off a lot of the best riders, only to have them pass me during the 2nd lap.
21+ mph is a great ride for me, and I feel very good about keeping that pace up.
I would guess that I did the 1st lap at closer to 24 and the 2nd about 19.


Should have done a bit more easy spinning leading up to the transition, but I felt good and wanted to post a good bike time.

3 of my last 4 transitions have been exactly 1:28. Pretty consistant.

I could move a bit quicker with practice. But overall I did this transition well.

I have to say, it's a bit frustrating to still be doing 8 1/2 miles. I started at well over 9 min/mile and got to my pace of sub-8's at the half-way mark.


It's time to get serious about running! I need to train 3-4 runs per week and get one brick workout in there with one of them.
If I could do 7:45 miles, that would be 3 minutes right there.

Walked around and found the nutrition cabin. Ate 1/2 orange, 1/2 banana, some cookies and drank a Gatorade.
Felt fine within 10-15 minutes.


Training swimming and running like I need to. I now know what it's going to take from me to really start taking some time off these events.
When I focus on one event in training, that portion reflects that. So, I've got to increase the work load per week somehow. Even if that means waking at 5:15am every day.
It's going to take 2 swims/week, 2 bikes/week and 3-4 runs/week.
I can do it.


Aside from choppy water and a lack of swim training, this race was a success. It wasn't really a focused 'goal' race for me and I almost hit my goal time of 1:23:50.
Way to go me.