I just tried to stay behind some fast runners and get a nice draft (trust me, the winds were so strong, that getting a draft while running was great). I would guess the sustained winds were around 35kph off the Lake Ontario waterfront, and gusts anywhere between 55 and 65kph.
I took some water and e-load at a couple of aid stations cause it was quite warm despite the wind off the lake.

Not much, I felt pretty comfortable here.

Not sure of my T1 time, but just guessing around 30sec.
Very uneventful, just lots of people in transition because of everyone being involved in a duathlon.

Well, I was worried my legs wouldn't be there, but I think I had them today. 1st AG and 8th overall is another great result for me!
I felt very strong on the first half of the bike (although I am sure everyone did cause we were with the wind!). Second half I started to feel a little uncomfortable. Specifically, my hip flexors and IT band near my hip was getting sore. I think it was mostly from fighting the headwinds all the way back. My effort level was probably a touch too high on the bike, and I would pay for it on the run.
Some notes about my performance on the bike - my average speed is relatively low at 35.2kph. Of course there was winds on the course that were insane, and there was the rain that came mid-way through.
However there was also the bridge. Included in my bike average is me having to dismount at a steel framed bridge that heads out of town, run across the bridge on the side walk, then re-mount and continue the bike. Everyone had to do this do it was an even playing field. We all had to do it on the way back too.
The bridge was about 1km from transition, so I didn't even bother putting my feet in my shoes on the way out until I was past the bridge.
With all that in mind, I would say a 35.2kph average is actually pretty darn good!

Overall I love that my cycling continues to get better. I am going to keep this as a focus over the winter and hope to be one of the strongest riders next year in every race.

Back off a touch on the tail wind portions.

Great transition, but right away I knew my legs were feeling pretty rough.
Coming off the bike and into the run I think I moved from around 25th overall, to about 10th overall.

Not so good of a run. Actually, I was probably running decent for about 5km, then it was just "survival". Lucky for me, my survival pace is still reasonably quick so I only lost a few spots in my overall ranking.
I walked every aid station to take in nutrition and try to keep cool. I then ran as best as I could between aid stations.
At on point on the course you cross some train tracks. I got stuck there while a train went by slowly, but not for too long. Some others were stuck for a good 60 seconds.
I am actually totally fine with my performance on this run, because I kind of expected it.
low running mileage, 3 weeks of the past 5 weeks were off with almost zero training, and pushing too hard on the bike.
I think this run would have been totally different if I had a 2km swim at the beginning. I think I would have been great for at least 10km, and then maybe suffered for the last 5km. Anyway, it is what it is. Just have to wait and see if this performance is good enough to qualify me for long course worlds in 2013.

lots of post race food!!!!