First time wearing a wetsuit for the swim. It rode up on me as I was swimming, which I did not expect. It was relatively easy to stay buoyant and I just chugged along like I do in practice and didn't try hard at all. I wasn't tired at all once I finished.

Really rocky/gravel parking lot, so had to choose my footing carefully.

Rough park roads until a few miles out of the park. Then it was extremely smooth and nice and had a tailwind. At about the turnaround spot is when roads got rougher again and more than half the course was into the wind. Not so fun. And I haven't done any hard work on the bike, so I was extra tired.

Good T2

Absolutely horrible run. Immediately after getting off the bike my quads started cramping. I slowed down as a precaution. The cramps never went away. My cardio was fine, but I was severely limited by those cramps. Also had a horrible feeling of needing to go #2 the whole run.

Although I've done zero race specific training and zero longer distance training, I still have trouble with anything more than a sprint tri in getting my quads to not kill me. I can run half marathons all day long and no quad issues, but it's just something about transitioning from the bike to running in longer triathlons that my quads don't like.

Immediately went to the bathroom only to be disappointed with no results. Got some delicious watermelon at the snack tent. Did some stretching and headed home.


Leg cramps


I liked getting to do a race in a wetsuit. I've never had one before and that limited some of the races I could do. It surprises me how well I can swim against other people without having hardly swam at all in almost 2 years. I had swam not even 10 times in 2 years.