Time adjustment per my watch to account for the run out of the pool area and into the transition zone.

Cramped off the wall in my foot for the last 50 yards (typical).

Was slow and knew it was slow as I was doing it. Couldn't get my belt to buckle; couldn't get my shoes on right. Pretty poor T1 really.

Just keep practicing.

Didn't notice the tailwind on the way out, but definitely noticed the headwind on the way back home. Pretty good ride really - 0.6mph faster than last year and didn't feel nearly as bad at the end of it. Just keep up with the seat time and things will improve.

Nothing for my current conditioning.

Pretty good T2, really. Got my shoes unbuckled on the way in through the parking lot and was able to hop off and get racked up pretty quickly.

Forgot to put my helmet on my bars before racking, could have saved a few ticks there. Had to tie shoes since mine don't fit Yankz (the holes are too small), but other than that I can't see much time coming off of this transition.

Pretty good run, really. First mile was faster than I'd wanted (8:18), but slowed the pace a bit and was able to hold that for the middle miles. Tried to push the last mile a bit and was able to finish strong.

Possibly could have tried to hold my initial mile's pace, but there were hints of high-hammy cramping that I didn't want to take a chance with.

Walk around, water and snacks


Current fitness level - but performance was good given my training to date.


Just one comment on the "organized - No" rating. This was not specific to my race, although the swim start could be better organized. The knock on this race on this date for me was for the kid's race that was held afterwards. There was a miscommunication between the RD and the volunteer lead which resulted in the volunteers being pulled from the course early. This resulted in THE LOSS OF ~10 KIDS ON THE BIKE COURSE (!!!!) since they no longer knew where to turn around at. The RD did a good job of notifying the campus police and beginning to search himself (by bike), but back in the transition area there was not the best amount of coordination. Parents were out looking on their own (I found 5 kids on the wrong side of campus and got them back via a truck that was driving around looking), but this was a very serious error on their part.