I've been having problems with my swim all year. I knew I wasn't going to have a killer swim, but this was still 3 mins faster than the Austin tri.

For the most part, I felt pretty good. I paced and breathed well. This was probably my worst performance yet when it comes to sighting, though. I kept getting far to the left of the buoys. I probably could have cut another minute off by going straighter.

I just need to train the swim harder. I find that I don't enjoy pool swimming enough to do it as much as I should.

I had a good transition. I ran pretty hard from the lake, and didn't have to do a lot in the transition area. I had the top T1 in my AG. by 6 seconds.

Nothing. It went well.

I had a pretty good ride. I kept the pace pretty hard, but eased off toward the end enough to hit the run hard (or so I thought at the time). I wasn't passed at all during the ride, but passed plenty of people.



I'll train the hills harder for next year. On paper, it didn't look as difficult as it was in reality.

I was 4th in AG on this transition. I had to pause for a minute while putting the shoes on. I felt great on the bike, but started to get a bit dizzy right after jumping off and running through transition.

I pretty much blew up on the run. I knew I was in trouble about a mile in. I started to get my legs back after starting at about an 8 min pace, but was not feeling well overall. It was VERY hot and humid by this point. I pretty much just had to hang in on the run to make it through it.

By the end, I was struggling just to maintain my pace and was unable to kick in a sprint to finish. I lost close to 10 mins from my goal pace on the run.

I'm not sure that there was a lot that I could have done about the heat, but I should have had more to drink on the bike. I was trying to keep my stomach from cramping up and didn't empty my bottle.

My head was pounding, and my stomach was nauseated at the finish. I pretty much just dropped to the grass and sat for 3-4 minutes. I was either dehydrated, overheating or feeling the effects of the cold that I had just come down with the night before. More than likely it was a combination of the three.


1. Heat
2. Humidity
3. Sickness


The race was very well organized. I wasn't particularly thrilled with the venue or course, but they weren't necessarily bad either (thus the rating of 4 instead of 5). The HIM course is actually quite a bit nicer, though.

I will likely do the race again next year, although I'm not sure which distance I'll do.