Not a great swim and I knew it when I was warming up in the corral. Honestly I'm just not comfy in a wetsuit, seems the chop had come up and I had a moment where I had to collect my thoughts in the first few 100s.

I don't know, maybe go with my sleeveless. It seems less restrictive, IDK I just don't do very well in wet suit swims. I never practice in my suit and this would be my second time wearing the suit this year... last time in a January race. No panic and have to essentially stop and collect myself.

I was just happy to get the swim over at this point. That ramp would be almost impossible to get up if not for volunteers. Long transition...

I could have ridden harder but not knowing the full course and what the bridge was all about. The bridge is a bit of a climb, not an out of your seat thing but a steady climb nonetheless.

Having a compact here isn't ideal and if I race again here a bigger chain ring would probably be a good idea especially since I'm not a fast spinner. I'd attack the course more.

I'd been dreading this part, I haven't run well since 2011 when I injured my knee. I knew if I didn't have a great swim and bike.. I wasn't making any ground here. Very flat course....

This has more to do with prep and I felt slightly injured coming in over the last few months. After the race I went to get checked out and I was told I needed to stretch more... so I've been doing Yoga stuff for runners. Not sure if it will help with speed but my gait was getting very tight with some pain in my hamstrings... we will see. I'm on a couple days of stretching and it feels better already... I honestly thought I had some sort of bad hip stuff going on. Stretch folks!!! I'm already a believer after a few days.

Bottle of water, mostly dumped over my head... grabbed a Gatorade but couldn't drink it. I felt ill and not from running hard ill... but either from gulping air during the swim or water... probably a combo. I was a little bummed because I thought I had finished 26th. As it turns out the smoke and mirrors of aging up confuses that process even more.


I freaked out on the swim, held some on the bike and I didn't run that great... honestly though I didn't have an awful race. Awesome group of competitor's, I'd like to do it all again next year!