I really can't complain about this swim - I had very little consistent swim training leading up to this race for probably a year but still managed to swim decent. Got lucky as I didn't get passed at all, and had fairly uneventful passes (passed about 4 people).

This is my 2nd fastest swim split in this race with my PR about 20 sec faster. I think that with a little more swim focus (at least make it to the pool twice a week 3 months prior to the race, I bet I could beat my PR).

Swim more consistently at least 3 months prior to the event.

Comparing past results

2010: 9:28
2011: 7:34
2012: 7:08
2014: 8:00
2015: 7:28
Delta from last year: 32 sec faster

Decent T1 - probably could've gotten going on the bike faster and took a while to get into my shoes. I have to get comfortable getting up to cruising speed before putting on shoes even though it takes me a little longer.

5th fastest in my AG by 9 seconds. I better rack may have helped and I could've run faster.

2010: 0:54
2011: 1:04
2012: 1:08
2014: 0:42
2015: 0:43

Delta - 1s slower than last year

My legs didn't feel great and I had trouble keeping up a higher cadence - kept ending up just under 90 when I should've been around 95. Did a better job keeping the surges under control and I think I could've pushed a little bit harder.

3rd fastest in my AG and only 30 secs from the fastest time so I was within range of taking top honors.

Get more sleep and spin a little quicker. Probably had an opportunity to push harder but it was 15deg+ warmer than last year so having almost identical Normalized Power was a good thing

2014: 31:54
2015: 31:48

Delta: 6 sec faster.

6th in AG -14sec behind fastest so I lost time here. Took too long to put on shoes and really should have run out of T1 faster.

Get shoes on quicker. I did remember to unbuckle helmet while running so that was good.

2010: 0:45
2011: 0:50
2012: 0:56
2014: 0:44
2015: 0:51

Delta: 7 sec slower than last year

This is where I think I left a lot on the table. I let the heat get to me mentally and just could not get my legs going. I didn't have anyone to race until about 750m from the finish. Could not get under 7:00/mile pace for too long and none of my 0.5 mile splits were under 7:00/mile.

4th fastest in AG but this was my 2nd slowest 5K (only my very first time when I started doing triathlons was slower). I think that around 40-45 sec faster would've been a better time.

My run training wasn't there this year due to the gout flare-up in March that just prevented me from running for almost 2 months. Would've loved to see what I could've done with my fitness in early March when I had PR'd 5K and HM.

2010: 24:01
2011: 21:48
2012: 20:41
2014: 21:46
2015: 22:35

not much of a warm-down


Lack of training on swim and run. However, I did finished 2nd in AG even though I was anywhere from 4th through 6th on each individual event. Was most consistent among the top and I was only 65 sec behind the winner. I think that if I had run better and focused just a little bit more on the bike, an AG win would have been possible.

However, this is typically a competitive local race and first time that I had a podium finish in all the times I've raced this.


Still my favorite local race. Great facilities and best pool around here.