Managed to get to the outside for the swim start which helped tremendously. By the time I got to the first buoy I was comfortably drafting off another swimmer. I was worried about crowding on the second lap but it wasn't nearly as bad as I had expected.

Sighting is getting better but I can always improve on that.

Struggle-town trying to find the strap for my wetsuit. Had a tough time getting it over my feet too. Suuuuuper slow transition.

Practice transitions.

Race website advertised a pancake flat bike. This was definitely not a pancake flat course. I pushed the hills too hard and was definitely feeling it on the run.

Practice hills.

Almost tanked getting off the bike. Managed to save it and run into transition.

Practice getting off that bike.

Well the pain started about 1.5 miles in. Legs started cramping and I knew I would have to tone it down. First two miles were just under 7min, next two were around 7:20min, last two were around 8min. Not my best run effort but there's no way I was going to get a DNF.

Work on my bike endurance, no way around that.

Little walking around, sitting in the shade, and lots of water.


Training, always.


Setup always puts on great events. Like Maritime though, I was a little surprised at the lack of security around the transition area.