Went out strong and hit a pace that I ended up keeping for the whole course. I did have a much better time sighting and was very very comfortable in the water for this event. I had a great time and just kept my head in the moment. Counterclockwise course in a horseshoe shape. Bouys were on the left which suited my perfectly.

Nothing at this point. Zero training got me my best time in 3 years at thw same event sooooo,

I had a good approach and found my rack as practiced without any problems. I had my suit off quickly but my left foot needed another step and pull to get it off. That cost me anothe 3 seconds. Helmet was on fast and race number belt as well.

I'll have to remember to take bigger steps when working on the legs of the wetsuit. It should only take me 2-3 steps to get it off per leg.

The headwind heading Southbound was brutal. I know I lost 5-6 minutes of time due to the wind and I was not prepared to give the effort needed to compensate. I tried to keep my effort level constant while losing time to the winds to mitigate my lost mph's and I thought I did it well enough.

I started the year off so well in the winter months to get my bike training rolling but I left if off for the last 3-4 months now. I can see that I still have a bit of fitness left based on my time and mph average as well as how well I was able to run off the bike. Next year I should be able to be a bit more consistant in order to get a better bike time winds or no winds.

I was in and out pretty fast. I did get hung up wondering if I was forgetting something. Wondering if I needed to run with my water bottle, etc.

I need to practice going over my T2 mentally while approaching the bike finish. I little mental practice and I would have been a bit more confident and out of there faster.

Started out too fast around 6:15/mile pace and my high left hammie was already starting to seize up and almost cramping. I changed my stride a bit and tried to slow down enough to get my legs back. I slowed down to 6:36 and kept losing time into mile 3 just to be cautious and was at 7:36 per mile at my lowest. After mile 3 I started to gamble a little bit and started the climb back in pace to finish strong. This was a good stragegy and it was nice to see my pace come back to 6:36 for the last mile. Again, I'm very proud of that nugget under the conditions we had to bike in. I could have gamble earlier and dug deeper but I didn't want to hurt myself and end up wrecked for next weekend (Madison Trek 100). All in all, very good decision making in my comeback from RA.

With just a bit more training and prep work, I could have known if digging deeper would have been ok to do. Hindsight is 20-20 and I'm not at all dissapointed.

Took 1 water down, 1 Gatorade down, and took a long couple of minutes doubled over to make sure and catch my breath and assess my situation. Took another water and poured it over my head and back to make sure I was cooling down enough.


Just the unknown of what a harder pace would do at an earlier point in the run. My bike fitness was not in the best place either so dealing with the wind and holding my effort back to save for the run was something I had to do. I just wanted to make sure I didn't blast my legs to the point where I would be a cramp fest on the run.


"Leon" and the rest of the crew put on an amazing race and an amazing production. There was plenty of spectator support, town support, and ameneties down to the awesome pro-style finish shoot. I would not hesitate to recommend this race to anyone. Just top-notch all the way around.