I liked this swim. I was in the 3rd wave, W30-39, and was swimming all by myself because for once I was faster than the other girls! That was fun. Then I got caught up in the waves ahead of me. The nice thing is that for once I had to actually site, not just rely on the person next to me. Everytime I looked up the buoy was right in front of me! That was nice.

Nothing

Good transition. For the first time I didnt sit down to put on my bike shoes. I am taking baby steps with improving my transitions.

Maybe practice leaving the shoes on the bike

It was fun being the first woman on the bike course because everybody likes to say, "Good job you are the first woman!" Well that ended sort of quickly when I got passed on the bike about 7 miles in by a girl that was in two waves behind me! I skipped the water bottle exchange because it was set-up at the bottom of a hill and I was going to fast. That was a mistake. I should have put some water in my aero bottle. I got passed again right near the end. I pushed the hills way to hard. That hurt me later on. It is so hard for me to slow down and keep my HR in check.

Take the hills easier. Relax. Drink more water.

Sat down to rest because I knew the run was going to be tough. Took water with me because I was thirsty! That is not a good sign

This was really hard and it started to get really hot. I was getting dizzy about half way done. It was a tough time. Had two gus during the run. I need to wear a fuel belt because I was having trouble getting the water down from the little cups.

Drink more water

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Heat, lack of water, took the bike too hard. I was still underweight from dehydration several hours later. And I drank 5-6 water bottles.


Nice local race, with some stiff competition. The post race food was bagels and water. Wished they had a bit more variety.

It was just too hot to enjoy the post race activities.

Beautiful course!