This was a very good swim. Navigation good since it was in the pool with very clear water. I tried to keep it easy and was starting to feel the effort for the last 3 lengths, but I think I swam faster than planned, so I'll take it.

Seeded myself with a 4:15 swim time. Didn't pass anyone and didn't get passed by anyone. I'm guessing with the time to run out of the pool I did this in about 4:00.

Swim more...I've only logged about 25000 yards this year.

Very methodical transition since this was my first sprint in 3 years. Helmet, sunglasses, race belt all went on smoothly. Shoes were a little balky (no socks).

Not much. According to the results, I didn't gain or give up much ground in this transition.

Was very pleased with this. Pushed the effort the entire time. Passed a few people, got passed by some people. Hit the 7 mile mark at around 24 minutes, so brought it home in 19ish when I had the tail wind.

Was able to stay aero almost the whole time and rode in the big ring the whole way.

Ride more...I've only logged about 200 miles so far this year.

Again, tried to be methodical since I haven't raced much. Struggled a bit to get my socks on since I hadn't prepped them before the race.

Gave up time and positions (AG & overall) in this transition, but wouldn't change much other than prep my socks like I normally do.

Can't really complain about this because I haven't run much this year and I'm packing an extra 20 pounds around. Quickly settled into a pace I felt I could maintain because I wanted to run the whole thing (and I did). A minute before the turn around, I got passed by a young kid (14?) and then a young lady. I told her she could run him down.

Got passed about a half mile from the end by a guy in my AG, but knew I wasn't going to be able to hang with him, so I let him go.

Run more. I'd only run about 55 miles so far this year.

I can't say this run was "bad" because it truly reflects my ability right now even if I was a lot faster 3 years ago when I was training a lot.

Stretched and drank a bottle of water.


Lack of training and an extra 20 pounds. I'm working on both.


This was a great way to get back into triathlon. Chatted with a couple other athletes from the club who referred to themselves as "has beens" as they have trained the last year like I have...