Goal was to keep my face in the water the whole time, no side/back stroking. Ran out until deep enough to swim, following right behind main pack. Good job drafting off them for the first 150 or so until some guy kept swimming up my back. Had to veer inside to get away and lost the draft. About 400m I got a groove and HR lowered, pretty straight on the way out, seemed to drift a little on the way in back. Overall, achieved the goal of swimming the whole thing, unlike Kemah. Started running out when hands hit the sand.

Probably could have pushed it harder but goal was to swim the whole thing, had some left at the end.

Happy to see bikes still on the rack when I got there.

No problems, just move quicker.

Passed by 2 AG'ers on the ride, back and forth with one but he eventually dropped me

Need to work on hills, seem to crawl up when everybody else flies by (incl. RCP).

Walked at first half mile for inhaler, then walked each water station. Took cold water for head and body, as well as drink. Heat really caught up by 2/3 of the way in, got passed by AG but couldn't stay with him.

Need to run the whole course. Aid station was an excuse to walk, HTFU. Last in AG on run, and in training I know I can do better than 10:00/mile, even from a brick.

Heat, more bike and run training. Feeling better about swim now than after Kemah, so that work has paid off.


Walked my way out of a podium spot, only needed to pick up 3 minutes and definitely spent more than that walking.