The swim was just fine... a little slower than I thought I would be, but not over the top or anything.

Train a little more, I haven't been swimming at all lately... in fact, I haven't been in the pool since my race in July!

I still use my mountain bike shoes that I have to tie up... so I can't use the shoe in pedal technique. Also with my back troubles, I am way to dizzy to stand up and put my shoes on. I have to use the bucket still. I also had a gel... not because I really need one for this distance, but by the time I got in the pool, my breakfast was 4.5 hours ago.

Nothing special, I probably could have hustled out of the pool a little faster and run a little faster to get going.

This was really a good ride for me, and I was really pleased with my results in the overall bike standings. Once again, I did no training in a couple weeks and following my back injury I was concerned about riding in aero, but everything seemed to pan out nicely.

Nothing too much - I am very satisified with this ride.

I came to a dead stop on the bike to get off. Silly. Talk about slowing one's momentum. I had a better rack except someone racked their bike in my spot... a volunteer came and moved it though which was really nice. Then I started to leave with my helemt on. I was about 3 racks away when someone told me... I ran back to get rid of it.

Take off helmet.

This is still my weakest event. I really struggle to maintain a good pace. I just try to stay comfortable. Also, by the time the run starts, I am so poor at hydrating, I have nothing left. I stopped at both water stations and forced myself to drink a glass of water. I ran with the mantra... "I can keep this pace"... I just need to train harder in the run. This race was no different from others though... I just haven't created a race pace for my run yet. I have the same training pace as racing.

Hurry Up??

Stretched a little, drank a ton of water, ate some lasagna.


Recovering from an injury probably didn't help anything, but I ironically still had a PB in this race.


This was my best race to date. It was my fastest race and I enjoyed the whole event. I had some friends with me and I really appreciated the camaraderie that was there. It almost made me want to start training with the group again.