I had no idea I did this well until the results were posted yesterday... it seems those weekly OWS practices are working!!!

I do have to add that the run to transition from the beach was long (over 1/4 mile) and brutal on the feet - not enjoyable.

Not much... maybe swim just a tad bit faster to have been the first one out of the water ;)

T1 went very well considering this was my first race in the wetsuit. Amazing how much easier BodyGlide makes it to take off!

Not much. I probably spent a few too many seconds drying my feet - they end up soaked from the water running down my legs anyway.

Unfortunately, a little more than 3/4 of the way through the course, I stayed straight and should have turned right, which led to my cutting off about 2.5 miles of the course. By the time I had realized my error, it was too late to turn around. Well, not too late, but my time was F'd anyway, so I decided to just continue on the "adjusted" route.

Uh, let's see, stay on the course! I was so pissed at myself. Also miffed at the race official for changing the course last minute. This race company is NOTORIOUS for having poorly marked courses, so I always make it a point to know their courses beforehand.... obviously two days is not enough to get past this because I'm getting all steamed again as I type this.

I was so frustrated at this point, I don't really remember much about T2, except shaking my head as my boyfriend cheered me on from the sidelines.

Not much.

My head was just not in this run and it showed. My body hurt and I just did not have the mental capacity to push through it. I have little doubt that if I had not gone off course on the bike, this run would have been much better. I think somewhere in the back of my mind, I realized it didn't matter and as a result, this just plain sucked!

Not sure since this was pretty much all mental. I never consciously gave up, but I was certainly not focused.

Not nearly enough. I walked around for a few minutes, then packed my stuff up and went home to sulk.


Not much, I was having a damn good race up until the point I realized I was off course.... all downhill from there.


I may actually not race another of this company's race's. I KNOW they are bad at marking courses and having enough volunteers at each of their races, and I did this one anyway because of proximity to home and where it fell in my training/racing schedule.