Went "OK". didn't feel like I had good rotation or stroke timing, but aside from that I kept it easy and drafted a few fish that went past me for as long as I could.

Nothing, maybe push a little harder.

My spot in transition was terrible. All of my stuff was pressed between my bike and the transition barrier, with a support pole blocking that. Decided right then and there to do my first sockless race.

Not sure, the rack position was terrible since it was right on top of the supports for the wall netting.

Was going amazing until my wheel cover self destructed and wrapped around my cassette bringing me to a complete stop. Pretty much put me out of the race at that point.

Nothing, I have no idea why the cover did what it did since I have used it many many times befor this race.

I spent a lot of time climbing in and out of my corner. Pretty slow for a T2.

Nothing.

Started "easy" and just built from there. I knew I was out of the race due to the bike disaster but didn't want to slouch the run. Ended up with a pretty good time. I actually ran through the woods along side the road since the ground was more firm in that area. Managed to cut the tangents on the course really well and pick up cadence on the downhill sections.

Nothing

Nothing


Bike mechanical.


Looked at my data after the race and I lost more than 3 minutes on the side of the road. That would have put in on the run side by side with the two guys who went 1/2. I was slowly catching them on the bike, and had put a lot of time on the one runner who could easily outrun me when my wheel cover destroyed itself. Oh well, these things happen. I contacted the wheel cover manufacturer and they'll let me buy a replacement since their cover self destructed.