Didn't do any swim workouts in the 3-4 weeks leading up to the race. Didn't figure it would make a difference and - no surprise - it didn't.

Try to make the turns a little faster.

OK T1.

Rough road that, combined with the wind and more hills than I expected, made getting up to speed - made the whole ride, actually - very tough. I was shocked at my pace: under 15mph!!! I mean, that's like a slow training ride...

Gotta think about this because I'm honestly not sure. Slow as I was, the matches I burned here really cost me on the run. I think that would've been the case regardless, so this is probably best I can expect.

Sat down and pulled on socks here since I'd not run without socks in months.

Normal transition save for the socks.

Terrible run, but expected. I'd hoped to do a little bit better than this but I knew after getting off a tougher than expected bike leg that it would not be good. Pretty good amount of walking, though I jogged and ran OK. Chest issues rose up, as I feared. Gotta figure out what's up with that...could spell the end of my tri career.

Nothing at this point. Gotta get this chest issue behind me.

Walked around, ducked down a bottle of water, sat for a bit in the shade to cool off and let the HR slow down.

Did have some light-headedness up to 15-20 minutes after, as though blood pressure had dropped precipitously.


Tough bike course and expected poor run.