I have been doing masters swimming for about 3 months and it payed off. I beat my previous PR, which was in colder water with a wet-suit! I felt great the entire time. Everything clicked for me from start to finish. I had a hard time getting to the front of the wave, which was annoying because I ended up swimming over most of them.

Force myself to the front.

Seeing my watch and knowing I beat my goal and PR set the tone of the day for me. Then, when I saw my teammate and training partner leaving T1 right when I got there was another vote of confidence!

I forgot the rubber band, but things still went well.

Remember a rubber band for my bike shoes

This was a good bike for me. I felt good coming out of T1 and was able to quickly get into a rhythm. I drank 4-5 ounces every 3 miles which is how i have been training.

Felt like I had a good bike. No issues going uphill, and got up to 40 mph going down hill. I didn't get passed by anyone until mile 9.

Had 3 scoops of perpetuem mixed in 32 ounces of water and had 12 ounces of plain water. I froze 12 oz of the perpetuem and all of the water. Could have frozen more, as it started cold and ended warm.

Nothing.

Easy transition. Not much to comment on.

Nothing.

I felt really good coming out of T2 so I just ran, for an extended period of time (Anchorman reference). I felt pretty good and quickly had my legs underneath me. I knew that I was going to push my HR to its limit and I would fall off of pace at some point, but I held longer than planned. The website said hammer gels would be on the course, but I never found them. This threw my nutrition off a bit but it didn't kill me.

At mile 5 I walked through 2 aid stations and then pushed it again. Managed to run the last little portion with a pace of 6:00 min/mile and a HR of 187 bpm

Bring nutrition with me.

Drank a coke and felt great. First time in a while I didn't have stomach issues


Honestly, I was thrilled with my performance.


I will do this again. It was a smaller race but well put on.