The first few hundred yards, I was actually out ahead of everybody in my wave. I was a little surprised as I would breath left and see everybody behind me on that side, and then breath right and see everybody behind me on that side. I didn't feel like I was going any faster than usual though.

There was a really long run from the water up to the transition area.

This was the best I've ever done getting my feet into the shoes on the bike.

This was the fastest average speed I've ever done in a tri. I actually was going even faster, but the last 5 or 5 miles were against the wind and slightly uphill. I didn't drink as much water as I do during the summer. Only about 1.5 bottles.

The bike finish came up much more quickly than I was expecting, so I had to take my feet out of my shoes really fast before I got to the dismount line. I had a little trouble racking my bike too, because my aero bottle was in the way.

This was the part I was most worried about, because I missed a bunch of my run training plan when I was sick a few weeks ago. I could definitely tell on the last half of the run, that I was hurting.

Walked around a little bit.


Missing a bunch of the run training.


This was a really good race. I was a little worried that it wouldn't be well organized, since it was the first annual, but I was pleasantly surprised.