Once again, the swim was my strongest event. I seeded myself in a faster group this time, and STILL passed a lot of people. Breathing and turns were better, and I kept my focus well throughout the race.

A couple of passes were at the turns, and might have been smoother, but it got crowded. I may have been a bit faster in an open water environment, but I can't complain too much.

LONG run to transition, about 1/2 mile. Fortunately, I left shoes by the swim, so the feet felt fine. Took a little long to unrack my bike, since the guy next to me was pretty close, and the rack itself was short, given my size 61 bike. All in all, though, nto too bad for me.

I felt stonger on the bike this time, but once again it was my worst event. Heck, I would have moved up in the AG if I had just shaved 2 minutes off my 55 minute time, which shouldn't be hard to do. I did, however, feel much more smooth on hills, and felt like I was going faster than last year.

I still need to put more time in on the bike, and I really need to spend a Saturday getting properly fitted and tack on some aerobars.

Should have moved faster. I almost put speedlaces on my shoes, but didn't wantr my first experience with them to be a race, so I didn't. Not a terrible T2, but I don't make up any time here.

I did better than I thought, but my speed was not better than last year. Yet given my year of ITBS and sidelined running, I can't complain with the overall performance. Legs did not feel bad for the run.

I need to work on my form and speed more. I have shown I can do the distance, now to do so smoothly and quickly.

Walked, ate a bagel or 2.


Need more training in intervals.


I still love this race. It is very well organized, full of volunteers, and with the safest open course I've used. The only way to make it better would be open water, but that is geographically impossible. First class race.