Position myself towards front and to outside. Last year was in back but found I had to still swim around people even though I was not a fast swimmer. Got off to a good start, and had open water as I was on outside but could not draft anyone. About 2/3 into the swim, I noticed a person with a different cap, it was a woman 40-45 in the wave starting behind us....I just got chicked!

Just keep working on swim, at least I improve my swim from last year and now middle of the pack swimmer.

T-1 is a long run from swim exit to transition. Everyones t-1 times were 1 min longer than normal.

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A tougher bike course helps me make up lost time from swim. Course was tougher but my overall speed improved 1.5 mph over the previous year. 2nd fastest in my age group.

First tri with aero bars attached, definitely got my speed up and overall improvement.

Transition was smooth and did not waste time.

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Headed off on run and was able to maintain a steady pace. Tried to finish last half of race faster then begin. Overall felt I was running at a slower pace then last year but run time was actually faster. Got my fastest PR but age group rank did not reflect improvement.

Tough to improve on my PR for this distance.

walked around, grabbed fruit, snacks and a cold beer.


I improved in each of my events but going forward the improvements will be smaller and smaller.


Event almost doubled in size this year and is now the largest regional event of the year. This of course draws more of the top competition.