Swim portion sucked. you had to run out to a buoy and then turn and start swimming. I ended up casually walking out to the buoy because the rocks on the bottom were either going to cause me to lose a ankle or cut a foot. Not worth it for a 500m swim. The sprint course was not deep, so many people started walking in front of me. Im fine with that if thats how you want to do it, but one girl in particular was half running half swimming, and wouldnt let me pass. I think the course was off anywyas because times were absolutely terrible. My mom who volunteered said that later they told people that the sprint people were wrong with the path they took, but ????? Better direction next time people!!!! Im not the best swimmer, but that was my worst time ever!!

nothing really

just another transition. No wetsuit today but we had to make sure everything was in our bags since there were 2 different transitions

The bike was fine.. mostly flat, some rough spots and a couple inclines and that was it. They said along one side there would be headwind, then tailwind. I never found that tailwind!! But it as ok overall. I wanted to average 19+, but my legs were fairly fatigued from the workouts i posted this week especially later on the week. If i would have ever found the tailwind though I think I could have pulled it off

I took off on the run a little worried that I had a)pushed too hard on the bike, and b) had fatigued legs from my last three days of workouts since I didnt take a day off. BUt I decided just to go since it was just a little over a 5k. I didnt drink much but just kept taking water to dump on my head which worked well.. Luckily the knee was feeling good today so that helped alot. I dont want to jinx anything though so thats all I'll say about that. I pushed fairly good and was really happy when I crossed the finish line in 1:26. That was a new PR for me, and with a longer run course, and what I knew was a terrible swim. I easily could have pulled off 1:20 i think under a true sprint course so I was happy.

However they lost my time, so I had to go tell them and they said they had a back up system. I was worried because they already lost one for me earlier this year. BUt they came through. Unfortunately it wasnt until after the awards, and so I didnt get my 2nd in my age group award. Ah well.

Nothing really. I kind of just wanted to do a sprint this year since all Ive been doing is long stuff. So I had fun