Not thrilled about my swim. I really struggled to get myself into a good grove. I was pretty wide out from the buoys throughout. There was also a brutal glare from the sun once you made the first turn and it was really hard to see anything. I just trusted that the people in front of me knew where they were going.
Perhaps it was the heat or that I knew a tough course was coming on the bike and run, but for some reason I couldn't get myself to really push on the swim.

Stick closer to the buoys and push harder

Decent T1. I had a little issue getting my wetsuit over my chip, but besides that, it was good.

Not get tangled up on my chip.

Well the course definitely lived up the hype. It was very hilly and ended up being over 2000 feet of climbing over the 25 miles. I did a good job of trying to keep a steady effort throughout, which meant toning it back a bit on the uphills and pushing on the downhills. It would have been nice to have ridden or drove the course before hand, but I'm happy with my effort. My HR did drop a bit during the ride, but I think that was just because of some of the downhills.

I may have gone out a bit too hot. My power was higher for the 2nd half of the ride than the 1st, but it was pretty even.

I dismounted fine, but unfortunately I missed my spot when I came into transition. Its tough sometimes when they're aren't many other bikes in there and the numbers were just on the bottom of the racks. However, once I got back to my spot, everything went fine.

Not miss my spot!

Same as the bike, I had heard this was a tough run. It started out flat to downhill for the first 2 miles, but then there was a pretty good climb, followed by a real tough one just about in the middle of the course. This combined with the heat, made it tough. My cadence slipped down a few times, but I did my best to keep my turnover up.

I left T1 about 10 seconds behind a guy that appeared to be a strong run. I decided I was going to do my best to stick with him. I did so for the entire race and we end up going back and forth a few times. It was great to have someone to push me.

I ended up opening up a 5-10 lead as headed into the finishing shoot so I thought I had him. However, Kristen and my son were right at the beginning of the finishing chute so I slowed down a bit to try to say hi when I passed them. As soon as I did, I looked to my left and he was cranking by me. I freaked and try to catch up to him, but he ended up out kicking me. Lesson learned!! However, I later found out he got a drafting penalty so it didn't end up mattering too much.

Happy with my run, but I want to get my cadence higher.

Didn't do much of a cool down. Just walked around and tried to get video of my teammates finishing.


The heat and the tough course didn't help. However, I'm happy with my results.


Rev3 really knows what they're doing. I would recommend their races to anyone.