I was alot stronger at the start on the uphill section of the bike than I thought I would be. I managed to get ahead of quite a few people right at the start, and did a decent job of holding my ground. I'm not sure what the difference was between my trial ride Thursday and the ride saturday, but it was night and day difference.

Make sure I turn around earlier (I went a little too far) and lost some ground on some people. I could have saved 10 sec. or more on the bike.

I did better than I expected I would on this transition. It was fairly easy to come in and rack the bike, throw off the gloves helmet and shoes and put on the running shoes, get a drink and take off in the 40s. I took.

Honestly I think the time is what I needed to prep myself for the run. I don't think a few seconds would have made that big of an impact on my overall performance, and think it would be more wise to take extra time in transition and then try to make it up on the run.

I should have done alot better on this run than I did. I was disappointed with the way I felt on the run. I should have been stronger. My previous run pace on Thursday was sub-eights, and I fully expected to be able to do that on this course. For some reason, I wimped out. My feet were bothering me (they were extremely sore from my bike pedals) and that hindered my speed and didn't allow me to focus. Also, the heat was more significant than I thought it would be. It must have been close to 80 degrees. Still, it was mostly a lack of mental willpower to keep pushing like I should have.

Push and ignore the pain. I was fully capable of doing much better, but I talked myself out of trying. It was only 2 miles. I should have reminded myself of that. It would have been over before I knew it.

Had a bottled water, banana and orange, and did some walking/stretching to cool down. Chatted with some fellow participants about how the race went.


Mental weakness. I came into this race under the assumption that I wasn't going to do that well (because I hadn't trained well, and I'd been sick). That was a poor assumption- it turned out that I did much better than expected on the bike, and should have easily been able to push through the run. I told myself it didn't matter, and that thought held me back.


This race was alot of fun because of its small size, and it has alot of potential to be a really great race. Getting through registration was a bit slow and that delayed the start of the race, but not terribly. The race has a great starting location and consists of courses that are some of the best offered in the area. It's still growing and I expect it will get better and better as it is held in the future. I'd definitely do it again!