Felt good on the swim. Water wasn't too cold and let some leak in before the gun went off. Had no issues sighting, but we had some chop and boat fumes as we made the first right turn. Got a tad nauseous, but things got better when we made the second turn to head back to shore.

Nothing.

Started to jog out of the water, but stomach was still a little off from the waves/fumes on the swim so I walked it in. Uneventful T1. Bike in/out were at the same spot so I had a longer way to get to the mount line.

As always, hustle.

Having ridden 100 miles the day before (which included Mt. Weather), I was happy with my time on the bike. I could tell my legs had nothing. On each hill, they were fatigued and it took a lot out of them to keep my watts up while not killing myself. I also didn't want to bury myself for the run.

Not ride 100 miles the day before? Kidding...kind of. This race was a shake out race and I wasn't tapered for it as it wasn't in the plan for the year.

Seamless T2. Again, a longer run to my rack since they didn't do the transition area properly.

Nothing

Despite having to walk up the big hill out of the transition area, I'm happy with this run all things considered. Meg caught me at around mile 1 and I would have loved to hang with her, but didn't have it in my legs.

Grabbed some pizza with our free coupon and hung at the tent with the team.


Not tapering and riding 100 miles the day prior.


Set Up does a good job with their events.
Overall, I'm happy with my performance given that I haven't done any speed work and I wasn't tapered for the race. I clearly have the most improvement to be made on the bike and run (3/33 on the swim, 15/33 on the bike and 19/33 on the run in my AG).

Would be nice if they could get the TA accurate with the bike in/out not in the same spot. Other than that, no real complaints. Was on time, nice shirts/socks, good post race refreshments and nice venue.