PA system wasn't working so I couldn't hear the countdown or the official start. Heard the crowd yell go and saw movement so I dove forward and took off at a good pace. Started on the inside line towards the first buoy, which is my favorite strategy.

Started out well, but had to back off a bit at about 200m because I hadn't warmed up properly. Probably cost me 20 seconds overall. Felt good once I got my breath back and started picking people off. Had someone going stroke for stroke with me through about 350m, so I had to pick it up a bit to drop him.

Get in a better warm up.

First attempt at mounting bike with shoes already clipped into pedals. Not bad, could've been slightly smoother. Long transition run. Still slight difficulty getting out of the wetsuit.

Need to improve on removing wetsuit quickly, but not bad.

Felt good on the bike. Sprint turnaround could've been marked better. Only got passed a few times early, other than that I was picking people off the entire ride.

Need to push the last 3 miles a little harder. Had too much left. Also came out of shoes too early because it was my first time doing that.

Long transition with too many people getting in the way. Crowded rack made it tough to get the bike on over my bag, despite being the first one back to the rack.

Not much.

Mediocre run, didn't push it quite enough. No confidence in my run.

Push harder after half a mile. Just need to train the run a lot harder.

Water, oranges, and standing at the finish line watching friends come in. No good warm down.


A very weak running ability.


Good race, just small things to improve on. Great job for being in their second year.