My swim was good. i was going to line up outside to stay out of the group but it seems everybody else did that so I lined up in front so I had a direct beeline for the first buoy. I went out hard (for me) and aftetr about 2 minutes, the lead group was gone, the slow group was way back and me and 1 other guy were in wide open space. I relaxed and enjoyed the swim.

Nothing

My T1 is always slow. There was a long run and I ma normally gassed coming out of the water. All went as planned

This was probably my best bike leg to date. I focused hard to calm down in the first mile and get comfortable. Once my HR slowed a little, I got after it and started passing folks. I got passed by a couple of people which is very good for me. I passed about 10 people. At about mile 18, there were a couple of sizable hills and I worried that I had overdone the bike and ruined my run but all was well and I cruised into T@

Same as always, more power over time. Sufferfest is the prescription for the winter.

T2 is T2. I went as fast as I could.

not much

the run started with a long slow uphill and my legs were not cooperating. I did feel good that the way back would be mostly downhill and I was right. After the turnaround, I felt good and also finally caught the dude I had been trading places with since mile 1 on the bike. I'm normally not too competitive, but when he tried to keep pace and I sped up and easily dropped him, it felt pretty good.

run faster

ate some food. milled around talked to folks


3D did ok on this race. it was very small so there were some minor issues which were not their fault. 1 the EMS was very late so we started late. 2. there were no police directing traffic, only kids with stop signs. I think police presence would have help to make the bike leg safer. Myself and my wife swapped stories of honking drivers and a dangerous close call with a bunch of bikers and a coal semi truck who laid on his horn as he passed in the same lane as the cyclists. Aside form that it was a fun race and we were happy.