With the leaking goggles, I knew I was in for the roughest swim ever. I kept trying to let water out instead of saying "screw it" and taking them off. Did ok all things considered.

Not trying out the goggles was a rookie mistake, and I paid for it. You live and you learn.

Run out the pool up a sidewalk to T1. From there I was in familiar territory.

Nothing. I think I've got T1 down.

I love the bike leg, and I probably push too hard on this leg, but I can't help it. I just like going fast.

I need to work on my cornering on my TT bike better. The little crit like course we went through before the Hwy really allowed people in the overall bracket to build time on me.

Would have been a much faster T2, but I also threw on a State Road Jersey at this point, since I was about to run a 5k through the grove.

Outside of taken time out to put on the jersey, this would have been a solid T2.

Didn't get close to my open 5k time (19:01) at all. I didn't feel winded coming out of T2, but I just couldn't get my legs going quickly enough. I also got really hot and had to fight spilling my guts and failing towards the end.

I need to do more bricks in training. I can bike, and I can run, but I need to be able to tie the two together.

Did a jog with some of my training partners before rehydrating. I felt pretty awful after I crossed the finish line.


I put a lot of mental pressure on myself for this race. I know I'm being hard on myself for someone who won their AG, but I'm just ready to make the jump to competing for an overall podium. For now I'll take what I learned from this race as I prepare for Memphis in May.


Having no post race food or drink kind of left a bad taste in my mouth. If I hadn't brought extra stuff to drink after the race, I would have been screwed while waiting for awards.