This was a SOLID swim for me. I was the 3rd woman out of the water. There were 4 of us in the lead pack until the first bouy. At that point we had already caught a few stragglers from the first wave. the top 2 gals freaking took off around the bouy and myself and one other gal got a little caught. after that the sun was in my eyes and I couldn't see to catch the draft of the 2 speed demons. SHIT that would have been a good ride :) but I missed it ;( Oh well - this was still my best water performance. The masters and stroke analysis must have really paid off :)

Stick with the two front running chicks. They were SHARKS!!

THIS WAS A DISASTER!!!! I need to check my suit better next time. I though it stopped zipping up because it was at the top, but apparantly it was stuck on the material. I could not get it unstuck!!! I get to my spot still messing with it, then had to run back to the trans entrance to get a volunteer to get it off me. Once it was unzipped, it flew off, but man that cose me a full minute! By that point I was so pissed that I also forgot to grab my gels. Once I got through TA, there was a longish run up this carpet with the bike to the mount area, which was flat. I pretty much jogged in my shoes and hopped on the bike, not pretty, but not bad either.

Double check the zipper before the race start. Put the bento box on the bike so the gels are THERE not have to worry about shoving them in my pocket. Or maybe just swim with them in my pocket?

Decent bike. My RPM's were great and my control on the hills was good, but I had NO fuel and I was actually hungry. The race stsarted later than I'm used to and I needed to eat more before the race. All in all this was decent, not great, but I'll take it :) I only got passed by one girl, but there were too many that were faster than me. I still need to keep working on the bike :)

bring food. not do an FT test the week before. This was a B race, so pretty good for what I was trying to do.

Good fast T2 included downing a gel and I was the 2nd fastest woman in T2 :)

nada!

In hind sight, this was not a bad run. It was in fact a touch faster than any run last year, so I should not be disappointed. But it hurt and I KNOW I have more than this in me. I didn't have any gels on the bike, so I downed 2 within the first mile of the run then had stomache issues. And also slight shin splints after the stairs. ANYWAY, all that aside, it was a decent run and I know it wasn't my best.

fuel on the bike, hydrate better.

walk, get in the 62 degree water to cool down, chat and relax :) Then drive to vegas :)


early season, fueling badly, and the heat.


So this was a decent race. There were a LOT of volunteers, but there were a LOT of intersections. The water station volunteers were kids and a little flippy, but tried :)