I swam like crap, even for my low standards. I drastically need swim improvement, but this was mortifying. I don't know how I swam this badly. The only saving grace is that looking at the swim times across the board, none were remarkably fast. But I definitely need some work over the winter on this.

Get a coach.

My strap pulled out of the loop when I was doing up my shoes, so I lost some time trying to get that back in as I rode my bike. Other than that I was moving fast because I was angry about the swim.

Be more careful with my shoe strap.

I rode with some anger from the swim. The bike is my strongest sport and I was determined to make up as much time as I lost on the swim. I hammered the bike pretty hard.

Ride harder.

Not great. I always put socks on and that wastes about 20 seconds. Oh well I guess.

Not much.

Considering how hard I pushed the bike, this wasn't a bad run. Could still use some work, but overall not bad. I had the leader down to about 20 seconds in front of me, but he dropped me hard during the second loop. I had nothing to go with him when he turned on the gas.

Probably not much.

I've spent the last two months training for Ironman Louisville, so I haven't done much speed work. I've been focusing on endurance and do mostly distance training. Maybe next year I'll work more specifically on speed stuff.


Very good race. Lots of volunteers. The food was good after the race. I enjoy simple stuff like a bagel with peanut butter and some fruit. Everything was organized and nicely done.