Bad navigation. Fairly long run to transition. Time trial start meant less traffic but I seemed to run solidly into more people than usual, rather than grazing.

Go straight.

Another long run to get on bike. I also had booties on so had to get those off as well. Decent transition though, not panicked.

Nothing really.

bike garmin quit about 40 miles in.

Not much other than push a bit more. I was able to pull away from the original pack I started with. We did a lot of jockeying around early on but I think I passed most of them. Much of the end I was by myself.

Kept moving pretty well. Grabbed more nutrition, which was good.

Hip/glute pain flared at 10 miles that made it tough. Felt really good at 8 miles and thought about taking it to sub 8 but then stayed at 8;15 or so. Then pain hit at 10. Didn't drop off but it hurt.

Maybe try to take some advil at run transition. I stopped to pea. Could have just run it down my leg.

Walk a little, stretch, chocolate milk, banana, chips, water. Hanging in the shade.


The hip/glute problem. I was happy with the start of the run and really planned to increase pace at end, of course.


Some confusion about where the finish line was, mostly for spectators. I would have liked better route and support maps. There weren't hard copies. But I liked the location and the lake and the boats. Nice bike ride for the most part, but it's Duluth, so it's tough to get in and out of there. I'd work on that run course.