Swim felt great and this is usually my second-best discipline, but the numbers say I had a below-average day.

Train more? Don't know what else....my sighting was spot on and my form felt good. Something was off, though.

Put shoes/sox on in transition. This probably cost some time, but I had to dodge several riders who were trying to pedal and put their shoes on at the same time, however.

No socks?
Shoes on bike??

Drank 100 kCal of Heed starting at mile 10. Some folks were grumbling about all the turns, but "terrain is a neutral adversary." I was fine with it, but I was on a road bike w/ clip-on aerobars, so mycornering was fantastic.

Nothing, except get one of those $$$$ bikes that everyone else seemed to be riding.

Pretty standard transition.

Good run. First 2 miles I felt really tight and was tempted to walk, but after that I felt fantastic. Had a hammer gel (non-caff) at mile 3.5 or so, and some cups of water at aid stations (one small cup of cytomat at mile 5). Felt great at the end!

Kick in the afterburners a little earlier (mile 5??)

Walking around, getting race results.


Need a new bike!!!!
T1 was slow.
Swim was bizarrely slow for me, still figuring that one out.


A good local event. Not a lot of bells and whistles. but a very good race. I volunteered the day before and the day of the event, so that was real learning experience. Good staff and volunteers, and having the results tabulated and ready before we left was fantastic, as was finding them in my email when I got home!