My goal was to take it kind of easy and finish comfortably. I have a problem with keeping on a straight path, and I made some drastic zig zags throughout the course. The water was super choppy, but I managed to not intake too much water.

Work on my sighting, and swimming in a straight line.

Tried to dry off a bit as it was colder than I anticipated, and didn't have much to keep me warm on the bike.

I like this bike course. More hills than I'm used to from my training, but nothing to steep or too long. Nice scenic bike ride through the country and along the lake. Very little traffic as well. This was my first race on my new(used) Trek TT bike, and it rolls a lot better than my other bike. I was happy with my final time, as I don't do a whole lot of bike training in general.

I rode fairly conservatively and probably could have pushed a little harder, but I went better safe than sorry.

Feet were a bit numb coming off the bike, but they regained sensation pretty quick. I tried to be fairly quick in this section but transitions are never my strong point.

Started off slow while my legs adjusted, then just maintained a comfortable pace. Found someone running the same pace as me and made some small chat. With about 2 miles left I felt real strong and had plenty of energy in the tank, so I picked it up a notch.

Run felt good, but I limited myself early on just to make sure I didn't die midway through the run.

Met my wife at the finishing line, and we went to grab some post race food. We got unlucky and got in line right as the pizza ran out, so we hit the road and got some IHOP.


This was my first International distance event, and I was a little nervous as to how my body would handle the distance. I held back in each leg just being cautious, because I hate not finishing strong. I had an absolute blast with my first international distance race, but will probably push harder next time.