Started off with a good stroke and breathing. Really felt like I was in a good rhythm, but that went south when I noticed by navigating. I swam about 30 degrees off true and ended up closer to the far bank than the course's near bank. This caused me to swim much further than I should have.

The bright side, I was able to breath and stroke much better than the first and last time.

I still need to work on my stroke and navigating

Had my helmet on backwards :> Spent an extra bit of time to get that straightened out.

I know that I wasted some time with the helmet that I could have been moving through. I wanted a bit to bring my HR down before hitting it hard on the bike.

Felt good on the bike. Brought my breathing & HR into control and then went out to make up some time from the swimming disaster.

Prepare more

Used yanks this time. Got out of T2 well.

Felt good going out. Pace was about right in the beginning to work out the bike legs. Built to a faster pace at about the right time to finish strong.

Prepare better

My swimming hasn't gotten enough focus. I've been working on TI drills, but hadn't spent much time doing laps and even less time trying to navigate.

I also have been in a funk since May. Need to get out of it and get back into decent training.