I had decided to wear my tri top in the pool so that I didnt have to mess with it in transition. This turned out to be a huge mistake. The top is a bit big on me because I have lost about 35 pounds since last season. It turned into a parachute in the water it was pretty bad. I should have tried it once in the pool I train in but oh well live and learn. I was the very last person out of the water in my wave start.

Definitely not wear my tri top. My swim should have been at least a minute quicker.

Pretty good transition but it is a long run to get there. found my bike spot with no problem took the extra couple of seconds to get my socks on and was off.

Maybe a little bit faster run to get to my transition.

Felt good on the bike. The road was only partially closed so due to a lot of slower bikers out in front of me and the traffic I got held up a couple of times. I tried to just stay aero the whole time and put out a solid effort.

Looking back I could have road a little harder and still been fine on the run.

Transition was fairly long again but once I got there it went really quick.

Maybe get out of my shoes and run in my socks instead of my biking shoes.

Had a fairly good run. Ran negative splits which is always nice. I havnt done any speedwork at all since my "A" race this years is Ironman CdA so leg turnover wasnt quite what it could be but overall pretty happy with my run.

start my push for the finish at the beginning of the last mile.

talked with other people from the Portland Tri Club and drank a little water.


No speed work to speak of at all in the last 6 months.


The OSU Tri team put on a really great race. Things were well organized and ran smoothly. Will come back and do the race again for sure.