Not sure what happened. I thought I would do better than this. I don't think it was the lack of a wetsuit. as I swam the whole course, with the exception of the turn in to shore. I got caught behind a guy who was frog kicking and I popped up too, as I didn't want to get kicked.

had two issues navigating. on the way out, i drifted to the right a bit. but I caught that,and straightened out. on the way in, a current pushed me to the right again, but I caught that quickly and straightened out. other than that, I was pretty much straight the whole way.

Could have pushed harder. I think I might have been saving my energy for the rest of the day, but I know I could have swum faster than this.

So mentally this race sucked. It got hot about 30 feet out of the water. A long run around transition, fortunately my bike was in the second rack. Shoes on last, should have done that first. I noticed my number belt was twisted, and so I actually took the time to straighten it out. I just should have left it. i could have fixed it while running. I also seem to remember taking more time to think about what needed to come next. Without my wetsuit, I seem to struggle for the order of things. usually I sit down, take the suit off, put my shoes on, then stand up, and put my run belt glasses, then helmet on. i was a little messed up.

Grabbed bike and ran out of t1, ran to the mount line and got on. had no issues putting shoes in pedals. (Of course! my wife wasn't there to take pictures).


double check gear prior to start of race. make sure everything is exactly as I need it.

go through mentally each step of transition to make sure I do it in an order that makes sense.

Very hot. I had my aero bottle filled with water, a scratch labs bottle in my left rear bottle holder, and gu electrolyte drink in the right rear bottle holder.

took sips of water on the first half of the first loop. Took drinks of Scratch labs on the second climb. I wished they had splits of the loops. I feel like I did good on the first loop and dropped a bit on the second. My turn around on the second loop wasn't as good as the first. I passed some people but got passed a bit too. it was a bit difficult to see where you ranked as on my second loop, a girl was coming out of t1, so you never knew which loop competitors were on.

I felt I did okay. I was surprised to see I averaged 19 mph.Thought for sure it was in the 17 mph range. Felt I could have pushed harder, but that may have been the end of my day.


Not sure I drank enough on the bike. i had about 2/3 left on my scratch labs, only a few sips were out of my electrolyte drink and half a container of water. Probably should have drank more energy drink. also, should have taken a gu when I started the second lap.

given how it was. i'm satisfied with my bike. I know I could have gone harder, but just didn't or couldn't put the hammer down. focus more. I lost a couple of seconds on the last 180 turn around. I didn't take that very well. I did better on the first one.

So not sure if I mentioned how hot it was. Felt like I was going to vomit putting my bike on the rack. had some issues. the guy next to me put his bike almost on my number, so i had to put my bike where my bag was, and my pedal got caught on my bag.

took shoes off, took helmet off, put hat and sunglasses on, and then sneakers. sneakers didn't go on that well, I had to stop and fix them. and i should have just grabbed my hat and glasses, after i put on my sneakers. I also grabbed my nathan water bottle, with electrolyte drink. again, my mental focus today was not great.

again, go over mentally each step in transisition prior to the race.

So I started off at a good pace. got passed a bit coming out of t2. Tried keeping up but couldn't. i took sips of my elecrolyte drink every so often. really hot, not shaded run. Kept having to slow my pace down. My heel felt okay, but between that and the heat, could not push. I took water at every stop and threw it over my head. I took a sip at the second one.

I stopped to walk once, when the run took a right at the jetty. I just had to stop and walk for about 30 seconds to regain my focus. Started right back up and ran to the finish.

not much. keep the mental focus up, but nothing different. maybe not start out as fast, but that wasn't a limiter. No shade, very hot and humid, i had electrolytes with me. maybe take the gel before I got off the bike. just couldn't keep cool.

yeah.

i sat right down and took my shoes off and put my feet in the ice bath. tried not to throw up. drank water, got up after a bit, and got some food. nibbled on a very dry bagel, had a banana and three oranges. really wasn't hungry.


the heat.

mental focus. I was fighting myself the whole way, probably due to the heat, just wasn't focused. especially in transition.

double check all gear prior to race start. make sure that everything is there to just put on.

aside from the belt issue, (my race belt was also too loose, so it came down a couple of times), and bag placement, i found that my aero bottle wasn't actually attached to the bracket! thankfully it didn't fall off on the ride.


good race. bike course was closed to traffic so that was really nice.

no shade on the run, or for spectators.

other than right there at the park, not much to do in the immediate area after the race.