I had a solid and steady swim for my current level of swim training.

More body glide on my knees and ankles so my suit doesn't get stuck...rookie/forgetful mistake.

Similar to the swim...this was a good ride and performance for my current level of training. It's slower than where I would like to be, but need to put in more consistent work in training to have a faster split.

I had a somewhat stupid/careless mechanical mistake during the ride. When putting my bike together after travel I didn't check all the screws on my rear water bottle carrier. During the second lap on the bike I almost lost my spare tire and 1 bottle cage. Luckily I had an allen-wrench with me as was able to put the screw back in and tighten everything before completing the rest of the course. This stop probably cost me 3 minutes on the bike.

Long-ish transition area.
I also changed my socks which took some extra time. The small transition bags gave me trouble getting my helmet into the bag before I could take off.

This was a really enjoyable run leg for me. I was consistently running 22 minutes per lap, saw my family 2 times per lap, and had a great performance overall.

I felt like I was running through the field and gaining lots of places in the standings during the run leg

No changes, I had a great run.

No real warm down, just walking through the recovery area and back to our apartment.


I lost a couple minutes on the bike with a mechanical issue. Other than that...

Just lack of consistency in training and total training time. I need to spend more time on my bike and regain some speed to lower my overall finishing time.


Great race and location. This was my first time visiting Lisbon and Portugal. The people were very friendly and welcoming. The race was well run and a great way to visit this beautiful country.