Good steady swim. Never pushed. Navigated pretty well, got a little off as I was getting tired near the end. Overall, very good

Got ther suit unzipped quickly, and had another 3 min run up the hill to T1. By the time I got to T1, I had forgotten all about it. I was a half mile into the bike when I noticed something flapping in the wind, and realized I never pulled it off. I had left it pulled down to my waist. I just tucked it into my shorts waistband and rode on.

Take off the damn suit! Other than that, I got up the long climb to T1 well, everything else went smoothly

I did get to wear the swimskin during the entire ride. I really don’t think it affected my time much, though, and my crotch felt much better having another layer! I didn’t push as hard, as I was wanting to save a little for the run. Kept it constant and smoioth

I would’ve pushed just a bit harder

Went pretty well. I came into the grassy chute behind some guy that was walking and I couldn’t get around him. Probably cost me 5 sec, but otherwise it went well.

I felt good going out for the first 2 miles, then fatigue set in and I slowed a good bit. Never pushed too hard

Train more

Walked around for 15 min, got snack bag, and packed up for the drive home.


Lack of training, especially run training.


I’ve done this race 6-7 times over the years, as I love the location. The last 3 times, it has started late - almost 30 min late this year, and there was no explanation for it. They also had timing issues again this year - it took 5 days to get results. ESM has been doing this long enough to have the kinks worked out, yet they continue to seem amateurish. Team Magic puts on better races. I’ll keep doing this just because of the location, but it could be better.