Best swim ever. Felt confident. Started at front and people were passing me right away but after about 75 meters I could see masses of caps around me which gave me confidence knowing for the 1st time ever, I was keeping up. Good sighting. Stayed to the right of group and rounded the buoys good. After the 1st buoy was really passing people and after the 2nd buoy was pushing people out of the way.

Not too much. Stood up a bit too soon when I saw people taking their wetsuits off. Swam some more until when I stood water was at my knees. Walked out of water to catch my breath before getting to transition. Will probably run next time.

Had my shoes "open" and ready to get a running start; took my time and got my left foot into shoe but the shoe came off the pedal; got my shoe totally on and clipped into pedal, pushed off hard and got my right foot into my shoe right away, fairly easily.

Hope to learn how to use elastics to hold shoes in place.

Really happy with bike; best average speed yet.

Be careful changing from small chain ring to large; get better at mounting.

Dismount is quite good - smooth, and am comfortable with it. Didn't wear socks - don't need them.

Can't think of anything at this time. I did take an extra 15-25 seconds to drink some water because I wasn't taking my water belt.

Felt very good about run. My intent/goal was to try and run the distance without walking and without injury. Wasn't trying to "race" it this time. Tried to pace it nice and slow. Felt stronger on the 2nd kilometer and was able to start putting some lean into it. I ran 1km to water station/turn around and walked a short distance while drinking some water then continued running to the finish.

Nothing really, other than as I progress with my training program, I will begin to put more lean (speed) into it.

Walked around race site alot taking in the whole race atmosphere, awards, etc. and didn't do any stretching until about 2:00 when we were getting ready to leave. When I do a longer race, I would do the stretching immediately. Did leg drains when I got home; foam roller before bed.


Not much other than it was the 1st race after being off exactly one year with an injury. Didn't start running again till April and have been very careful adding that back into routine.


Great race; great start to season. No aches, pains, or muscle tightness after race or the next day either.