I had watched Pros and timed them. They hit first buoy in 8 minutes. I figured 11 for me and missed it by a couple seconds. Second turn buoy was good as well. 19 total minutes. Just what I had hoped for. Then decided to speed up and went all over the place. I do not know if it was me leading or following but I had several people right beside me the whole way in. They were just as crooked. Looking back I should have just slowed down and concentrated on going straight. 12 minutes coming in. Should have been less than 10 based on distance.

Swim straight. I guess I need to work on that. Last few races have been pretty straight swimming.

I have Achilles problem and left one started hurting as soon as I started running into T1. No fun at all. That is why I am doing aquabike instead of triathlon. I put shoes on and ran out jumped on bike and foot slipped off pedal. Luckily no one right beside me. Then I took my time and got off and on my way. Surprised that my time was as good as it is.

Not much. After almost 200 multi sport races, you would think I have this down pat by now.

I had raced 45 miles about a month ago started out too fast and died with 10 miles to go. Determined that was not going to happen here. Started very comfortable and was surprised how fast I was going. Great road surfaces. Watched lots of people fly by and saw several later when we turned and started heading home. My goal was for no one to pass me after half way. One guy passed me with less than a mile to go. Butt got sore by 35 miles and then legs got tired by 45. Then my right calf started hurting around 50 and I had to use left leg maybe 75% of the time. 21.6 MPH at half and 20.5 for second half. I kept thinking the wind must be in our face now and that was slowing everyone down. But I kept looking at trees and fields and they were pretty still. There were lots of people going a lot slower than me.

Do more than 50 miles in preparation. Needs to be 60-70 mile long rides. I only did three at 50 miles.

Not much. Walked around and found water hose to wash off the salt. Was not hungry for about 3-4 hours after race. Very unusual for me.


Swimming straight and not enough long rides. Only decided to do this race about a month ahead of time due to Achilles injuries.


Nice that they had little soccer goals near water stations to try and ring with empty bottles.
Long way from SC to drive for a race. Now that I have caught up on sleep, I am glad I did race. Now I am stupidly thinking of coming back in Fall for two loops.