I felt very smooth in the water. Felt much smoother than I have for any other race.

Not much. This felt pretty good. Maybe try to focus more on a strong stroke.

Not sure of my T1 time as I forgot to hit my watch and it is mixed in with the bike but it was sloooooowwwww. I didn't know where my bike was and everything looked the same. I ended up running down the wrong aisle about three times before I realized I was one rack over. By that time I was flustered. My T1 transition is always a little slow anyway and I've only done one other race getting a wetsuit off. Add the rack confusion and the whole thing felt a little off. And slooooowwwww.

Know where my bike was.

Not sure of my bike time as I forgot to hit my watch so both transitions are mixed in with it. I do know it was above 17 miles and hour, but definitely not close to 18. This was a little hillier than I expected so I didn't get to spend much time in aero. I don't have the gear shifters on my handlebars and I would have had to come in and out of aero so often it wasn't worth it most of the time. I tried to go as hard as I could and told myself my run would be fine at the end. I didn't allow myself to think about what would happen if it wasn't because I would have just slowed down on the bike to save myself and I'm not sure that would have helped the run anyway.

Nutrition wasn't great. I took two gus but I know I didn't get enough fluids.

Despite that, this is my second fastest bike ever at this distance in a race. My previous was end of last season at my PR oly race (18.1 mph).

Hydrate better so I'd be in better shape going in to the run, get gear shifters on the handle bars so I could stay in aero longer, and generally be stronger on hills.

Not sure of T2 either as I forgot to hit my watch so it is mixed in with the bike. Much faster and smoother than T1. I would definitely guess two minutes or even less.

Not much for this one except remember to grab my last gu. I left it in the bento box on my bike and I knew better. I should have put it in my running shoes. So I left it which meant I did the entire run on water with my last gue having been about 20 minutes out on the bike.

Mile splits:

7:32
7:37
7:47
8:04
7:55

I struggled with this run a lot more than I usually do. My legs felt heavy the entire race. My hamstrings started getting really tight about halfway through and then the last mile the dizziness and lightheadedness, wheeziness, etc which has been the trademark of my running lately set in. And very quickly. It hit me like a ton of bricks. I made sure to keep the wheezing at bay as much as possible as that's what drew attention and got me pulled out at the marathon at Milwaukee and I made myself keep running through the lightheadedness and dizziness by telling myself it was just one mile.

Realize that the person in front of me in the last 200 yards was a woman so that when Chris and Tom screamed at me to catch her I wasn't looking at the woman 100 yards ahead and thinking they were crazy. I might actually have caught her had I realized they meant the person about 20 yards or less in front of me.

Not be overtrained and overtired so my body was rested enough to run as fast as I know it can and should. Be better hydrated coming off the bike and remember my gu. I also realize however that I shouldn't complain too much about a 7:50 pace. That's still decent.

I crossed the finish line and thought I might pass out. Staying vertical was very difficult. I was so lightheaded, unconsciousness felt like an imminent possibility so I scooted myself to the side of the path where runners were coming in to get out of the way and put my head down. I really just wanted to lay down and fall asleep.

Griz, despite his own hip pain and cramping saw me, asked if I was okay, and made me walk with him a bit to keep the blood flowing until I felt better. Thanks Griz. The lightheadedness stayed around for a couple hours afterwards, but it was tolerable.

I'm really happy with the AG. Things didn't go perfect, but it was still a great race.


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Good race. Nice course and organized.