Not a bad swim for me. I was hoping to be in the 25 minute area. I swam very straight and sighted well. I found feet a few times but noticed those feet weren't swimming very straight, so I jumped off them and went on my own.

Decent transition.

My back brake was rubbing for the first nine miles. I noticed it at the first turn around and then opened my brakes up more to fix the issue. That was frustrating. I probably cost me a little bit of time. Oh well though. I never felt great on the bike and my legs were really heavy. Average power - 272 watts. Normalized power - 290 watts

Not have my brakes rub and not bike 250 miles the week before the race.

I hate those wheel holder racks. I couldn't get my wheel in and the bike to stay up. I played with it for a good 15 seconds before I finally got it to stay.

I forgot my Garmin 910XT on my bike coming into transition, so I ran without it. I had no idea what my pace was or what mile I was at as they weren't marked on the course. I ran the entire thing by feel. That was a stupid mistake and made the run tough. Overall I felt like it was an alright run though.

Remember my Garmin.

None.


This was a training race for me and I didn't taper at all. I put in a big week before it with lots of bike miles and some hard interval sessions. I would like to have finished top 3, but the focus is really being ready for Syracuse in three weeks.


There were not many volunteers on the bike course and it wasn't all that well marked. There were a couple of times I wondered if I had gone off course. The volunteers that were out on the bike course were also not really doing much directing. It is great being able to shower right at the college after the race before driving home.