I followed Matt West, and it was a nice easy swim.
I think I actually was #2 OA in the swim, since the times for the #1 and #2 person are like 25 seconds. That must be an error.
We went out in the second wave, but NO ONE passed us on the swim, and we were a full minute ahead of the next folks, and we passed most of the folks in the Olympic.

Race Matt more.
But not much else. It was nice and not too hard.

I was relatively fast, then I got on the bike and the new shoes make it hard to strap on. I wasted time as I passed a few people running and jumping on my bike, then meandered all over the course trying to get my feet in my shoes. A woman yelled at me. She was fast, so it took a 1/4 lap to overtake her again. I'm not used to be in traffic when putting on my shoes.

Perhaps put some lubricant on the mouth of the shoes? Does this work? Can this ruin my bike shoes?

I got off 20 yards before the dismount line and ran. I was confused due to lack of practice.

I am a slow runner, but the lack of hills helped me. I am likely to be able to go much faster. I was really going pretty fast at the end.

Got changed, snuck into the bike area, and left ASAP.

I wish they had done awards faster, because I wanted a plaque.


Lack of run practice.