1st leg went okay, but goggles were fogged. 2nd leg, went 10-20 yards out of the way rounding 1st bouy as the intermediate bouy was out of alignment. 3rd leg went 10-20 yards out of the way by just swimming crooked.

After all that (and very little training) I came out of the water 5th. Still, there is alot of room for improvement.

Prep goggles better; sight on TURN bouys; continue sighting even in third lap.

The transition was in the grass, and it was nasty. I sat down and tried to get the feet clean, that probably slowed me down some. Otherwise I was pretty much in and out at a slow pace. At 1:56, I can see room for improvement.

Have a big bottle of water to wash feet; put on shoes and socks standing up; try hurrying a bit more.

The hilly course kind of took me by suprise, and took a lot out of me but I hammered up the big hills. I let off on some of the smaller hills trying to roll over them. I was passed by two guys, one in the 30s age group, but still it irked me. Another 50+ guy passed me but turns out he was on his first loop while I was finishing. I was tasting very salty sweat, which I hardly ever have done before.

Stay in the drops/aero bars more. Drink more at every chance.

I rode hard up to the dismount line. I jogged easily and got into the shoes pretty fast. I could have hurried more but needed a bit of recovery and also took time to take in some fluids.

With a better ride (and more fluids) maybe I could shave 0:20 off this transition.

Felt sluggish, couldn't get pace up (or stride length). Part of that was the bike but part was the lack of training I'm sure. My first mile felt really slow. I couldn't drink alot but I did douse totally with cold water on the head. I didn't have much determination - one guy passed me in each of the first two miles. I held off one guy in the last mile though, feeling better in the third mile.

Need more training, especially speed training at race pace (to raise overall speed at LT). Some bricks from intensity on the bike to intensity on foot would be good too.

Got a post-race massage. I think this helped reduce soreness significantly. I also hit the Accelerade samples (drank 8+ cups) which I think helped.


Run training, and possibly some preparation and drive in the transitions.


It was small but fairly well organized. Being in a state park lakeside, it was a bit rural in nature (rocks, dust, sticker burrs), but that seemed okay.