A poor swim. Since I did not warm-up, the first half of the swim it felt like my breathing was out of control. For almost the entire swim, I never felt like I was in a good groove with my strokes either.

Very smooth T1. It was nice to be at the end of my rack which was the 2nd from the Bike Exit.

Very good ride. Fastest average speed ever in a triathlon, and not because I was being pushed along by a tailwind either. There was actually very little wind at all in any direction.

No perfectly smooth. I had to turn my bike around and back it in to rack it.

I wore my Garmin this time so I was able to maintain a very consistent pace. My pre-race target was loosely 7:00 put once I got started I realized that keeping it under 7:10 was a much more manageable pace.

I probably could have gone a little faster on the last mile. I still need to be reminded how painful 5K's should be.

Cooled off in the finishers area and then headed over to the splash pad with the family.


Mediocre swim


An excellent, well-organized race. I can't think of any flaws with the race organization. Everything was on-time, the courses were good, and there were plenty of volunteers.