lots of kicking, pulling at legs, and people running into me, seemed like a bunch of newbees trying to win the gold in the first 200meters

start in the front or the back, and not the middle, it was more of a fight for the first 250meters then actually swimming

ate a gel in transition

missed the clip on firs try, had to stop and regroup

Hot+Hills ... defenitely more than other Iowa races I have done so far.
I did not feel good on the bike at all. I also had to pee the whole ride, which made holding the aero position a bit difficult.

Drank ~40oz of water with Nuun tabs

wait to drink the second 20oz of water to just before the swim start, not an hour before.

decided not to wear socks this race for the bike or run, when I put me running shoes on the inner lining kept on bunching up, had to take off shoes 2 times before I got it right

wear socks for the run

did I mention it was hot?

could not do much differently here, I think I was hydrated enought prior to the run, and expected water every 1 mile, there was only water at the start and at 1.5mile. Would bring somoething with me next time.

drank water and poured it a buch of it on myself to cool off. walked around


heat, hills, the the fact that I did not taper at all this week (put in about 7hrs of training prior to this race)


the 9am start was way too late for this weather.

I got to finally meet Noz (Adam)and his wife Rachel (also a triathlete) and watch him receive his first place hardware. Congratualtions!