All the plants and whatnot that were basically less than a foot below my hands were freaking me out. Other than that, I did well drafting. When I got to T1 and my Garmin started picking up the signal from my HRM, my HR was well over 90% of my max HR, so I obviously wouldn't have sustained my pace for long, but that's why God invented short courses!

I don't like to start with my shoes already clipped in, hence a slightly longer T1. I'll worry about that when 1 minute is keeping me from the podium.

Pretty good T1 other than I hate getting the damn wetsuit off over the racing chip.

Really went hard on the bike. It helped that I was chock full of adrenaline and with an extra high HR for the beginning, but I also smelled blood in the water after I passed a couple of people and didn't want to give it up. Was running a full 2.5mph faster than my usual training ride pace.

Nothing. I had plenty of juice left for the run and passing felt good!

No timing data was given for some reason...I could work it out based on total time minus other splits but I don't really feel like it. I realized that although I don't like putting my shoes on with them attached to the bike, REMOVING my feet from the shoes while still coasting is much easier and I should probably start doing that.

Taking my feet out of the shoes prior to reaching the dismount line.

Fun run, although I was SUPER fatigued coming off the bike. Legs started cooperating after about the first half mile or so. I was focusing on faster splits over each mile using my Garmin and I met my goal!

Walked until I got my HR back down. Then FREE MASSAGE TIME.


Awesome race and organization. The announcer was very smooth and the logistics of the race were well thought-out. Safety was obviously a primary concern for the race director and all staff, which is always comforting. I enjoyed the format of this race and, although it wasn't a very LONG course, it was fun and made for some good racing nonetheless!