This was by far the worst swim I've had in 5 years of racing. I attribute it to the time trial start (harder to find someone suitable for drafting, and also causing me to navigate around other swimmers the entire race), no wetsuit (this doesn't usually slow me down that much, but it had to be a factor too), a long course (one of my teammate's Garmin recorded 1.05 miles). These factors slowed everyone down, but I didn't even crack the top 1/4 of my AG, so I obviously under-performed too.

508th overall

I put the bad swim behind me, and focused on executing a good bike ride. I was conscious of not frying myself in an effort to make up lost time. Instead, I watched my RPE and HR to keep them uncomfortable, but sustainable.

Nothing.

This was a great run for me - an Oly run PR. I pushed a very uncomfortable pace the whole way. I wanted to break 50 minutes, and saw it was going to be very close with about 1/2 mile to go.

Nothing. I had nothing left when I hit the finish line.

Walk around.


A poor swim.