Panicked start to race since I was still getting my wetsuit on and they were saying "under a minute to go!" First time ever racing without a warmup jog/roll to loosen up or a quick swim warmup. Perhaps the adrenaline helped overcome the lack of warmup - I got out with the lead group and was with them to the first turn. The leaders distanced themselves after that but me and one other guy traded off drafting each other the rest of the way. Swim felt good - I could have kept going.

Show up earlier. Terrible way to start a race.

T1 time included in swim time

Nothing.

Nice course. Nasty hill right at the beginning.
Felt good - made up most time on hills (descents and climbs)
Looks like I came into T2 in 3rd place

Pretape gels onto bike the night before. Hurriedly taped them on pre-race but one fell off first bump, which forced me to adjust my nutrition plan.

Average T2

Nothing

Lots of twists and turns for first km of course - hard to settle into a rhythm
Nice shaded run after first km
Felt good until kms 7 and 8
Found rhythm again for 9 and 10

Probably should have started out more conservatively

Cool down by jumping in St. Lawrence


Running - could not sustain a reasonable running pace
Need to get more miles in the legs


Another well-run Somersault event.
Swim course is nice, bike and run courses are really nice (both my favourite so far)
T-zone is a bit of a gong show (trees, undulating terrain, bike racks all over the place)