Felt good the whole way except for running into other swimmers. I was never able to match pace with anyone for drafting purposes.

Worry less about other swimmers

It was a pretty long run from the water to the transition, and I took it too easy.

Skip socks. Had to try three times to get one of my socks on right, costing quite a bit of time.

Rear derailleur was out of whack so gears kept jumping from time time to time. Not bad enough to stop and adjust, but annoying. I was a little dissappointed to not average over 20 mph, but the headwind on the return leg made that impossible.

Check my gearing adjustment.

Was happy with T2

Get speed laces

My running is pathetic, and this was actually a PR. I could have gone faster, but I caught my sister and we took a walk break and finished together.

Train more for running.

Nothing in partuicular


Very limited run training due to extremely sore knees and achilles tendon, sporadic swim training in the month before race, way too much beer at mini family reunion in the days before the race.


Very beginner friendly course, plenty of volunteers, and seemed well organized. They need to upgrade their beer selection and have more on hand. The only semi-decent selection ran out early.