The first 300 was pretty smooth sailing. My goal was to take it easy and focus on form rather than speed. I wanted to be as fresh as possible for the bike/run. When we got to the half way point heading north the waves really started to pick up and I had to pick up my effort more than I wanted to, but still well within my limits. Because I was in wave 21, I had to pass through a lot of swimmers which made it even more difficult, but still manageable. It was going to be difficult to put up a really solid time in the conditions, so I'm content with my time. You can figure it was closer to 27 minutes flat with a solid 2 minute run to the transition mats.

Nothing, I would have preferred to have taken it a bit easier, I knew I spent a couple bullets fighting the waves. Bullets I wanted to keep in reserve for later.

I never know how I'm doing in a race until I hit transition and see how many bikes are still there. Since the AG racked together, I was happy to see that nearly all of the bikes still were racked. I got out of the suit just fine, grabbed my stuff and made for the exit. The transition area is massive, I'm actually surprised it only took 2 minutes to get in and out.

Lost my Joule head unit coming up the ramp onto LSD. I didn't realize it until it was too late so I did the entire bike leg without any data. A blessing or a curse, who knows. I put my head down and went as hard as I thought I could for 25 miles. It was a relatively fast bike course and I took advantage of it as much as I could. There was a lot of traffic, many of whom didn't understand where they should be riding. So I did a lot of yelling, telling me to hold their lines, all that good stuff. For the most part, there ended up being plenty of room to pass. I was only passed by three fellows and I overtook one of them a half mile from transition. It was a solid effort.

Well, I sure would like to have my Joule back. I should have just stopped and got the darn thing, a minute wouldn't have made or broke my day as it turned out. By far my best bike split ever, so I'm quite happy with it. I did 1:06 once before but that course was short, so I'm happy with this result.

Just amazing that it took me 2 minutes for T2, a statement of just how big transition was.

Over 4 minutes slower than I should have been. I don't know if I just went out too hard, overcooked the bike, or if it was just the heat and humidity. By mile two my muscles were starting to cramp and I was forced to back off else possibly ruin my whole race. I tried a few times to bring my pace back up, but every time, I was forced to bring it back down. I got slower as the miles ticked by but was able to salvage a 46 min 10k, by far my worse 10k showing in over a few years.

Not sure, it just wasn't my day I suppose.

Found some shade and drank some fluids.