Felt like the swim was good, but overall time was a bit slow. needed to push a bit to keep drafts, and navigation was a little off but not bad. felt great getting out of the water.

Push the swim a little harder.

transition was smooth and quick. suit stuck a bit but the stripper got it taken care of and I was on my way. did not jump on the bike due to a slight incline on the mount dismount line. figured I had plenty of time to make up a second or two.

good transition stayed calm and moved quickly.

First half of the bike was quick and smooth. I pushed the first 10 miles to get away from the groups and it had a slight down hill. picked up a water, to fill both cages. Quickly drank one bottle to catch the second aid station gatorade. starting working in some more fluids and kept to my nutrition plan. hit the turn around at about 1hr 13mins. I was flying to this point and feeling good.

On the way back I was still moving at a solid rate but got passed by a lot of people. about mile 40 my stomach began to get upset, and progressivly got worse till mile 46.2, where I parked in the ditch and threw up my nutrition plan and fluids. 2 -3 minutes later I was back on the bike but making much slower progress. Felt better but was worried when the bonk would begin. rode in the last 10 miles at about 18.5-19mph. by the last 2 miles I was actually feeling fresh and ready to run. Only problem I knew I was dehydrated.

make sure my bottle contained the gatoraid water mix and only pick up waters. I think the extra sugars were the cause of the stomach issues. I had never had any issues before this in training or racing, and the fluid change was the only thing I changed.

Overall I rode faster than I had 2 years ago.

transition was good. I was a little more cautious due to my last race dismount. got my feet on my shoes and made a good dismount. got gear switched cleanly, took a bite of my nutrition bar but I was not sure if I could hold it down so I spit it out.


tried a shot of water on the way out of transition and could not keep it down. dehydration was getting worse.

not puke on the bike.

first few miles were good and fast, I was trying to get as far as possible, attempted to sip water, I was able to hold it down if I got very small amounts, any foods came back up.

about mile 4 my energy left my legs, and i was feeling the effects of my earlier issues. I also started blistering on both feet. (this has never happened) by mile 7 I was doing a run walk mix and by mile 10 it was more walking than running.

blister- this was a mental mistake. I have been taping my feet all summer battling arch issues. got it all healed up about 3 weeks before race and was running fast. due to the taping my feet never got toughened up this summer. I think I would have been fine if I would have taped. Who would have thought that getting better would cause a new race issue.

stretch, walking and napping.


stomach issues.


absolutely one of the best races I have seen.