I never practiced a run in type start so I could not get into a grove...need to work on that. Swim is my weakest portion and also the area that keeps me up at night.

God I need to improve my swim and get into open water more often. To boot, I also need to practice 'run in' starts.

This transition was pretty good. There was a decent amount of ground to cover from the swim to my T-1 set up. Everything came off well and went on pretty quick. Not to shabby for my first ever Transition without a single day of practice if I do say so myself.

Practice a flying mount more. I still have to come to a complete stop to mount/dismount

I am a masher so I was able to make up some much needed ground on the bike. I was very happy with the bike portion overall.

Ride harder in the middle and towards the end. I think that I was probably riding around 75% and had too much left in the tank for the run.

T-2 was pretty smooth except that I still need to work on flying dismounts. I had to come to a complete stop to dismount and I know that cost me time. Again, I never practiced Transitions prior to the race so overall I am pretty pleased with my performance.

Practice, Practice, Practice

Given that I was planning on 9:20 miles and beat that goal by more than a minute I am nto real sure what to say. I stayed within myself and felt great on the run so I gave it all I had.

Not much.

Walked around a bit with my wife and stretched out the hammys while downing water.


My comfort level in the swim,and run in starts. I really need to work on some mental issues that I have with water due to an incident years ago.


Great race, good people and a lot of fun.