i was a little freaked out with the dive in start and took a long time to settle down, drank water with the chop, went out too hard

start out slower, was stressed over getting thrashed last year

used strippers which worked well, didn't have to run the whole distance in suit

nothing

as usual, hr shot up to 175 took 15' to get back to pace

throw away water bottles don't fit in holders, explore refillable torpedo tube, had to keep holding the bottles in especially with rough roads, kept hr at 150 the whole time with cadence of 77

Temp 82 at finish

only used half of fuel belt, drank full bottle of gatorade that i carried, might skip the race belt in the future

fresh cold draft beer was the ticket


race weight was 160, need to be at 154, I was averaging less than 10 hours/week of training which needs to be ?? higher 12 15, pushed the hr to 150 on the bike which cost me on the run I believe. might benefit from power training, pushing hard during the race doesn't make up for volume of training


most organized year yet, great support, plenty of water at aid stations but kids weren't quite up to speed on having water ready on the run