Beautiful venue for a swim and nice flat, clear water. Started out great, but had a small freakout before the first buoy. Reminded myself that I've done an ironman so I could swim 400 yards. Was fine after that.

Get in for a practice swim and done some visualization beforehand.

I was not hurrying at all here. Got a drink of Powerade

Try to be a little quicker!

Something was not right with my bike. Started with checking into transition, it seemed like my brakes were rubbing so I had the bike tech look at it. He fixed that, but then it turned out that I couldn't shift into my lowest two gears which would've been helpful at the start of Gross Hill. Other than that, it wasn't a bad ride.

Take bike to shop and not let a neighbor mess with it!

Brought my tri shoes and had trouble getting them on sweaty feet. I definitely was not moving very fast here! Got another drink of Powerade before heading out.

Try to be a little quicker! And maybe powder in my shoes.

I knew this would be slow. Went a little better than anticipated but still slow!

Train more!

Got some snacks, talked to a few people, and then left as the rain started.


Lack of training and bike issues


This was a fun, low key sprint and was a good way to ease back into racing.