Wasn't mentally prepared to hammer the swim. Just wanted to come out of water with plenty of energy and not way off pace.
I started inside planning to swim in the pack but got rocked at the start and rounding the first bouy. I drifted left to get out of the crowd (was swimming up on people) but was having trouble navigating as I didn't trust the swimmers on my right. Eventually the pack thinned and I worked my way to the right to swim along the bouys. I felt really good and wasn't really exerting myself.

I'd be a bit more competitive and aggressive next time. I feel like I left a lot in the water (but was fresh for the ride)

terrible T1. ran to the wrong rack. Put right sock and shoe on only to not find my second sock! Removed right shoe and sock and went sockless. Had trouble getting gloves on due to wet hands. Strapped on hrm and went shirtless.
I'm pretty sure the course was less than 1100yds

be prepared more. should do this in about a minute. just wasn't prepared

Hit the ride pretty hard. spent a lot of time in the aero position and pretty much maintained that except for the tougher hills.

More conditioning. Had expected to average 22mph+ but the hills and wind suprised me. Had just got my bike less than two weeks ago and had ~150miles on it.

transition area crowded due to sprint/duathlong racers and had to cross traffic getting to my rack. don't know how I managed to spend over a minute in T2 because I felt like I did it about as fast as I could. decided to run shirtless and strapped my number to the front of my jammers.
Had a race goal of 2:05. Had I been able to hit 7 minute miles I would have accomplished this.

use a race belt. maybe go back to speed laces.

wanted to do 7 minute miles but my legs were cashed! I was mentally not there and just wanted to get to the finish line. got passed by about 3 runners and maybe passed 2. felt good OK from a cardio standpoint but couldn't get the legs to stride.

prepare better with a lot of bricks. more stretching in pre-race and the few days leading up to the race may help.

two g-ades and a water. walked down the finishing stretch to catch Ben finish.


Not being able to run coming off a bike. may need to fuel better during race (my strategy for sprint and oly races has been to down a large bottle during the ride - don't feel like I need more for a 2hr or less rae)


very organized. prelim results were posted shortly after I finished and final results posted online by the end of the day. Awards started promptly. Good job KLM!