My goal was 25:00, so I guess I'm good at making realistic predictions. I breathed bilaterally most of the way. Navigation wasn't very difficult, but there wasn't much visibility under the water for catching a draft. Every time I tried to draft, I was either a little bit too fast, or the person would kick me away. They must have been able to sense that I was behind them, because a couple people started kicking really crazily when I tried to hop on their feet. So yeah, I didn't draft very much.

Since the field was small, I would probably swim to one side or the other to find a draft. I was typically in the middle with people to my left and right. I could have chased them if I wanted to, I guess.

There was a steep uphill from the water to T1, but that's coo'. I felt like I was transitioning very slowly, and I guess I was, but my time was actually pretty good for me.

Eh, nothin'.

My goal was 20 mph, but I allow for some wiggle room, because the wind was very strong today. Going into the wind, I averaged 17 mph and was really suffering. Going with the wind, I went about 30 mph for a good portion of the time. It was hard to go fast in the last two miles, because there are speedbumps and tricky turns and stuff. So I lost a little speed at the end too.

I ate some GU every 5 miles. Probably overkill, but I wanted to be ready for a strong run.

Handle the speedbumps better. I'm surprised my bike survived some of them.

Again, not exactly a fast transition, but fast for me.

My goal was a 40:00 10K. Again, it looks like I made a realistic goal. I blame the extra 22 seconds on the race course. The last 0.2 is on this really crappy grass with potholes and stuff, so you can't kick. So yeah they owe me 22 seconds.



Drink more water, maybe. I really had to pee, so I stopped drinking late in the bike.

I jogged and stretched. Then I hopped back into the lake and swam around for 10 minutes. It was awesome.


The usual weak bike leg. The wind didn't help either.


Except for a couple of "unfortunate" features (speed bumps, crappy running surface), the course was very nice. The swim was excellent. I want to move to Walla Walla just to swim in that pond. And they barbecued up some burgers for us afterward, so it's a good race in my book.