For the life of me, I can't figure out why I was so slow. I started in the middle of the wave, so that probably only added an extra 30 seconds on to my time. This should have been around 38-39 minutes.

Based on my other friends that raced this, we were all 4-5 minutes slower than our predicted times.

Not sure because I can't figure out what went wrong.

Run run run to my bike, as far away from the swim exit as it could be :)

Had to ride this blind, as left Garmin/bike computer in hotel room. Disappointed because I got to T2 feeling like I had a lot more to give, but without having any data, was worried about pushing it too hard. Clearly I didn't. I could have turned around and ridden it again and still run.

Bring bike computer with me. easy.

Sprained left ankle a few weeks before this race, so per my doc, had to build in a lot of walking breaks to keep it happy. Expected this pace, so other than just being annoyed I was forced to run so slowly, it all went according to plan.

It was QUITE hot and humid for a spring race, definitely not what we've been training in.

Not sprain my ankle a few weeks prior to a race :)