Had a plan and pretty much tossed it out the window with the wind. Started with my HR up and kept it on a borderline uncomfortable level the whole ride. Tried to stay where I thought I could do the run but wanted to be coming of the bike confident with the run which I didn't do. Honestly didn't think I'd break 3 hours with little to no wind so actually impressed myself breaking 3 hours with horrible winds. Even more impressed with the skill level of people on there bikes. I was crazy happy with my ride and was barely MOP. Didn't have my race wheels due to a broken spoke but don't think it would have changed much. My 3 hour bottle of Infinit was spot on as it had been in training.

Tough to tell. I live at the beach and honestly can't remember many training rides in conditions like this race. Wet roads and high winds made for a fun first HIM for me. If I did anything different maybe keep my HR a little lower

Honestly T2 was a blur. I forgot my sunglasses which wasn't a big deal as it was overcast the whole bike ride, then it became and issue when at .5 miles into the run the sun broke out and the morning rain turned to humidity.

Move a little quicker. Just didn't want to screw anything up.

Started out way to fast. Wanted to get a 9 min pace going and hold it. Started out with an 8:10. Backed off on mile 2 and from 2-5 held 9 minutes. Then at mile 5.5 got a wicked side stitch. It took .5 mile to get rid of. My 6th mile was 11:30. I labored the next 2 miles at around 10 min miles. I was able to do the remaining miles at or under 9:30 but the damage was done and my 2 hour goal was gone. The run was much harder than I expected. I fared a lot better than some I saw. It was difficult being tired and wanting desperately to stop and walk and seeing so many people walking on the course. I wanted to run the whole 13.1 and am fine with only walking to get rid of the stitch. My 2 hour run bottle of Infinit kept my legs in as much as it could.

Figure out what causes side stitches.

Stretched right after. Honestly felt pretty good all things considered. Was a little upset because I was afraid I left something out on the course because I could walk around fine and wanted to be falling over at the finish.


The wind and wet road conditions may have slowed my bike down some. The heat and humidity on the run definitely slowed my run time down


Drc did a great job considering what they had to work with. The swim was impossible and it rained most of the night before and morning of the race. The TT start was much more organized than I thought it was going to be. The volunteers on course were amazing and really seemed happy to be out there.