I was actually pretty happy with the swim time. I wsan't happy with the swim itself though. I REALLY need more OWS training. I ended up breathing every two strokes most of the time where I am usually on four in the pool. It took until the last leg to finally get into a groove and feel like I was swimming halfway normal again. On the positive side, the last time I did this distance last summer I was 11 minutes slower. My wife gave me my swim time when I was in T1, and I really thought she had it messed up. I think with some more time in the lake, I could bring it down to around a 28 minute split.

Training.......repeat- training.

I really shouldn't use this time to BS with my SO and buddy and maybe focus on getting on the bike and getting moving.

Hurry along a little bit.

I have got to find some speed on the bike. I felt like I was really pushing and I was still under 18 mph. I will rectify this. I also think maybe I have my position kind of screwed up as I got really sore before the end of this ride. My conditioning felt fine (engine) but the drivetrain wasn't cooperating. My legs just felt kind of weak and I was feeling the little pre cramp twinges the last 3 miles or so.

Speedwork. I need to ride faster I guess. Something isn't right with what I'm doing in training.

I'm a little disappointed in the run. My secret goal in my head was to run around 50 minutes. That didn't happen. First mile split was 8:30ish and felt really good. Then I started feeling cramps coming on so I really had to back off. Way off. I'm still researching whats going on here. I sweat pure salt apparently so I think that's some of it. I didn't really feel like I outran my conditioning, but it's possible.

Not sure yet.

Speedwork would be a benefit. The distance isn't as challenging as it was a year ago. Time to try and go faster. 73/90 is unacceptable to me. lol


I don't get into the post race stuff much so that's not a big deal. Nice medals, standard shirt, but no beer glass this year? great race, really fun course, Ironband was pretty bad a$$ to have on course, lots of people and volunteers were great. I'll se signed up again when it opens.