Swam the first 200m or so to the first turn buoy very well, made the turn and couldn't quite see next buoy and drifted a little farther out with no draft. The last part was bad as I was swimming straight towards the sun and drifted out way too far and swam extra. Probably swam an extra 100 yds at least. Swim course also different as we now swam clockwise, which had us swimming right into the sun coming in.

Sight better. Also, I haven't really been swimming so this wasn't in great swim shape so glad to just get through this

This wasn't a great T2. It was a long way and probably could've have ran a lot faster to T2. I had lots of trouble getting wetsuit off at transition. Also took forever to get my feet in the shoes.

Run faster since it was probably 400m...get wetsuit off quicker.

Started off having issues getting my foot in my shoe. Also, had a 11-21 cassette on the wheel and wasn't the best cassette for this course but it was manageable as there weren't any really long hills. Was playing leap frog with one racer (not in my age group) which didn't help. Just seem to have issues with cycling in the cold.

Get my feet in my shoes on quicker, push a little harder - probably was pushing closer to Oly distance

T2 wasn't bad except for the slow walk down the incline as I was worried about falling.

Not much. could have gone about 2-3 sec faster putting shoes on.

Course was easy to get lost on, in fact, had to turn around during first loop of run. Started going hard right before last mile, but probably could've gone harder but just didn't know what to expect from course. Didn't have anyone to race.

Go harder from the start.

nothing much


training, some mental mistakes. Probably lost about a minute on the swim by not being able to sight - though the black buoys did not help at all. I spent quite a bit of time getting out of my wetsuit as it got stuck on my ankles. Next issue was not getting into my shoes fast enough. It took a while as I couldn't find a good place to put it on. On the bike, I really should have pushed much harder. My average power and normalized power were not close to target. I should have been closer to 245W but was 21W lower at 224W. Finally, I took the first loop of the run (1.5 mi) way too easy. I think at least 3-4 minutes better was doable with better race management So right around a 1:13-1:14 was doable. Not enough to affect AG, but enough to bump me 3 spots on the overall to 8th overall.


Considering this was the US Open, I really expected more. The expo was not impressive. Transition was on a grass lawn with an iffy steep carpeted area (slighly slippery and uneven on bike out, and even trickier on bike in. Bike course didn't include any of John Carpenter and stayed on local roads. Some roads had massive cracks which made it difficult to pass. Coming in, there was also a steep section where the bike path was narrow (marked by cones) and getting pretty close to runners.