Started out a bit too fast, and paid dearly for it. Struggled a bunch with keeping heart rate under 160. I find when I break 160 for very long, I slow WAY down and struggle. But I pushed through, as ugly as it was.

Train for the run!!!!! I've only done 4 runs of 2-3 miles since November 2022. I need to get back outdoors and running on somewhat a regular cadence if I wish to improve in this area.

MUCH longer than needed transition. Wasn't as organized in the transition area as I could be, and that didn't help. Haven't practiced a transition in a LONG time. Also, purposely took it slow, as I needed to get my breathing and heart rate under control before heading out on the bike

Have transition area better organized. Be in better overall condition for the even

This portion of the race was what saved the day for me. I worked hard, but was comfortable on the bike. Pace was just shy of 17 MPH overall, so I'm very pleased with that number.

The training I've been doing on Zwift really has paid off, even though I've only been using it for about 2 months. Prior to that -- 3 months of absolutely NO riding or running

Might have pushed just a bit harder than I did. But I didn't want to totally drain the tank before the second run

Again intentionally took the transition more slowly than I would have normally. because I needed a bit of a rest before hitting the run. I was again poorly organized on my approach to the entire transition

Same as T1 -- Just focus on being more smooth and organized.

This run was terrible. Less than a quarter mile in, hips began to hurt badly. Tried hard to make sure I ran as much as I could, even if it was a slower pace. I considered DNF'ing the run a couple of times, but I knew that would make me feel defeated. So I accepted what the course would give me, and plugged along to the finish. I succeeded

TRAIN, TRAIN, TRAIN.
Determine what was causing so much discomfort in the hips

Walked off my heart rate, kept moving to keep from tightening up more than I did


The Obvious -- CLEAR lack of training for the run. I had wrongly assumed that my bike training would carry over into the run... It didn't...

Poor sleep night before didn't help

Need to start stretching out time in the saddle


This was an excellent first in a long time race for me. While I was not nearly as prepared for it as I could have been, I knew going in that it was not going to be my best race ever, particularly on the run portion. But I'm REALLY glad I did it.

Had issues with Garmin transitioning in multisport. If I'd have been smarter I wouldn't have tried to use the multisport capability on the Garmin (since it's been forever since I've used it) and just used my Garmin watch for the run and my Garmin Edge for the bike. Tried to use extended display on the Edge, and multisport the watch, and it just was a mess.

Race director does a great job, was friendly, kind, and kept things moving in a good way. I'd definitely run this race again in the future.