Pretty good swim. Was the most crowded swim I've ever done. I was fighting people the entire swim. Felt pretty good as it was the first swim I have ever freestyled the entire swim.

I need to eat some more solids before the race. The last 1/4 of the swim my stomach was feeling empty. I had a hammer gel before the swim which gave me the energy, but my stomach hurt.

I haven't swam since my last race. My training really sucked lately. My arms were tired by the end.

Good transition and I minimized my switching. No cool wings, no gloves and no socks. Getting on the bike I had a real problem getting my right foot to clip

Clip in better!

I flew up the first hill. Passing people on some sexy bikes. After a while I felt not so great on the bike, but after a couple more miles I was flying. On the downhill I was really happy with the extra gear on my 12-23. A lot of people ran out of gears and I was able to keep peddling and make up huge gaps on the downhills. On the way down the canyon I also took it very fast and passed 4 people since they were being cautious and I love flying downhill.

Go faster and clip in better.

A little slow as I had to get my socks on.

Get quicker or run without socks.

Very difficult course. The run up the canyon kicked my butt. I was running a 7-8 min pace and then bit it after that climb. Lots of walking for about a mile after that. Then around mile 2 I ran the rest of the way except one major hill coming into the finish.

Train more. My run training has also been non-existent.

Fall over and die.


Training and difficulty of the course.


Fun and challenging race and it was nice too see my boys on the course.