Each lane was kind of a wave start. I remembered I hadn't cleared my watch AS the whistle went off. I did fine, time announced as I ran out of the pool was 7:30.

Clear watch. I would say swim more, but for this distance, I didn't need to. Now for a .9 lake swim, I better get my butt to the pool somehow.

This went horribly!! I had planned to pull on a tank top with my number pre-pinned, but the tank top got stuck and I could not get it on, literally, and then the pins popped off. HELLO, RACE BELT? I swear, every piece of equiptment you think you don't need you end up getting in the end, so why fight it? I just ordered one online. So between the extra pinning and the marathon run to the mount line, was really slow. I was happy about my ability to run in my shoes, tho.

Race belt. Get to site earlier for decent racking area.

I passed quite a few, got passed a couple times, but not by any women. The last hill wasn't bad at all. There was one guy that drafted every person that passed him. I was watching him for a while then I passed him, he drafted me, then he finally pulled ahead at the end. My computer said 10.5, my friend's watch said 11.1, I wonder what the real distance was? Ate 1/2 a GU, drank a bit, but didn't need any more.
Saw getsome finishing his run and yelled "Go Brandon!" in a really deep mannish voice. I am still giggling about it!

I was really happy with the bike. It was the best part. I wished it was longer.

I remember at ST Peters I could not run with the bike. My legs were jelly. Well, this was half the distance, but I felt strong and ran all the way (!) back to my spot. Time is a guess.

Find a closer transition. Get speed laces.

So hard. I walked to first hill, then walked a bit later, then walked a bit on the hill out of the park. I really hurt! The time is a guess based on guessing my transition times. The watch was out the window at this point.

Run. Run on hills. Run a lot on hills. Yikes!

Not much, just drank water.


Training and bad transitions. With good transitions/location maybe I could have saved 1 or 2 minutes, but run training could have made up the additional 2 minutes it would have taken to et 3rd instead of 4th in my AG! (4 min difference)


Despite the chaos of cars, people, bikes, it went smoothly. Recplex has an easier set-up I think. There was potential for crashes, definitely with athletes trying to park, people trying to finish, people meandering along the road, etc. The run was hilly but I can't do anything about that! It was fun, I finished, and I get to write this report, so it was a success in my book!