This was a really fun swim. I was a little nervous since it was a Mass Start with everyone simultaneously jumping off the barge into the river but it all went pretty smoothly until the end of the swim when I was climbing out of the river behind some shumuck who couldn't get his feet on the dock and accidentally kicked me in the face as he was trying to climb out - argh. Did I mention this was down river? There wasn't a super strong current but it did feel really easy, it probably could have been faster if I wouldn't have had to stop and tread water so I could pee - there was no warm-up allowed so I never had the chance to pee until the race started.

Nada...

My wetsuit got stuck...and well, I'm just slow, I really should probably practice my transitions...

I dunno, go faster.

This was an awesome bike course, even with the "Big Hiney" which was a hill a mile 8 that was 9/10 of a mile long and averaged a 7.6% grade with lots of twists and turns, every time you thought you might be getting close it would make another turn and you would have to continue to climb. My sole goal for this race, given how bad my bike fitness was, was to endure this hill without falling over or having to unclip and walk - I accomplished both. In the end it actually wasn't that bad, I would sit for as long as I felt I could then I would stand and climb and then I would sit again and then climb again until I made it to the top. The rest of the course was very mellow, lots of rollers, a couple of smaller climbs but for the most part it turned out to be a great course, gorgeous views of the Kentucky Farming countryside, impressive and I was impressed overall with my bike handling skills and my time, I made my gears work for me and given the little amount of bike training I've done this year, I'm very happy with this.

Train more.

It's T2 What else do you want me to say?

I dunno.

This was a disaster...it was so hot and I didn't hydrate well enough on the bike because I had to pee the whole time and didn't want to add to the problem. This run was miserable, the bike course was awesome, the run course not so much. You run 1.5 miles out of town, hang a left, climb what seems like an interminable staircase to get you on top of the natural damn that later gives way to the flood wall, then down a dirt trail next the the flood wall and then along the flood wall for the remainder of the run. This killed me, it was hot, humid and no shade. I lost third place in my age group at mile 2 of the run, the stupid girl with the pink and black cervelo caught me 2 miles into the run and nudged me out of a podium spot - argh! Oh well it was a B race after all.

More hot weather run training I guess.

Waited for my FTP and my Tri Parents but had to park it in the shade and keep sipping on gatorade and water because I was seeing black with white spots. It was hot and I think I was under-nutritioned, I really need to get a handle on my nutrition, this happened after the Pig Half as well, I was sick and dizzy...something to work on I guess.


Same thing that limits everyone's performance lack of training and killer heat and humidity.


This was a fun race, one I'd like to keep on the annual calendar, however, they really need to add a porta-potty on the bike course and some additional water stops. Outside of that I was really impressed and it was a great race.