this was a decent swim for me. I was not trying going all out, but had a good pace and ended up happy with the swim time. the swim exit was interesting, they had the volunteers pulling us out of the water- but they did a good job getting my big ass out of the water without scuffing my shins. Then I had to run up a flight of stairs to get to transition. The fans (and cowbellers) gave me a nice shot of adrenaline at this point

Good swim, can't complain. I just need to get more swim time in to get faster

I ran past my bike at first (this was the biggest transition area I have raced in) I opted to wear socks and clip on the race belt in t1 also so I can blaze through t2 later. I took in a sip of gatorade also. I had a decent transition and beat my t1 goal of sub 2:00. still a HUGE improvement

I need to learn to clip the shoes on the bike and put my feet in them while riding. This will take some practice though and not a good thing to try on race day

I had a good ride, the hills were very long ascents and then very long slow ascents. The new race wheels were great and I even got up to 35 mph in them. The descents still had me hitting the brakes way too much and it seriously cost me some time here. The return trip had some nasty gusts that would throw me around a bit and really made going fast downhill scary. So I figure conservatively I wasted about 2-3 minutes by massaging the brakes. I am thrilled that I had my 12-27 cassette on, but I could never get to my biggest gear when I wanted to mash it out and hammer.

Get more time in on my equipment before the race (new race wheels, cassette) Get over the fear of descending. My strength is on the bike because that is where my focus has been, and I am ruining it by using the brakes and letting the people I outclimbed pass me on descents

best transition ever. I used the "flying dismount" i learned at the club meeting and not only was it efficient, but looked really cool.

almost perfect- no comlaints

I came out strong here until about mile 4, than my pace started slipping. I think I had a mentally weak moment of two between miles 4.5-5.5. Saw some club members here and wished them well. I think for a while i had a 10 minute pace, and then almost died on the last uphill. I finally hammered it out with about 1/4 mile to go andthe great fans and namc people were out cheering at the finish. I felt like puking for a minute so I guess I was running hard enough at the finish

get back to more running. I have been cycling more at the expense of running. Also I have been building a better endurance base for SC HIM and speedwork was almost non-existent

beer and pizza! Hung out with the club at the club tent and cheered on the rest of the club finishers. It was a great time


Myself- still had a good race and beat my last oly by 2+ minutes


Great race with awesome volunteers. It lived up to the hype. This was the most fun I have had. Cant wait to do it again