Iced Capp at Tim's before we left Saskatoon at 5 a.m. Apparently I took a swipe at my husband when he tried to wake me up at 4. :) Got to event, registered, numbered, got set up and wandered around aimlessly until the pre-race meeting.

Stretch my left piriformis muscle. Tried to deactivated a trigger point in my rectus femoris. Did 2 lengths of warm-up before swim start.

I had a hard time with the swim. I'm not in good swim shape, although I'm not sure how much lack of sleep and a 4-hour bike ride 36-hours before contributed. All the competitors in my swim lane were courteous and etiquette was faithfully observed. Very nice.

Swim a whole lot more.

I don't think I could've made this transition quicker without learning to get into my bike shoes on the bike.

The first lap I could feel the trigger point and my legs were more tired than I thought, but I just pushed hard anyway. I passed a lot of people (on Cervelos), but was only passed by 2 guys.

More sprinting practice on the bike. Most of what I've been doing is distance because of Ironman training.

I had trouble getting my bike shoes off.

Use my speed laces on my running shoes.

My legs were like lead when I started to run. I've never had that happen before, so this was a first. I was very slow for the first 1/3 of the course as I felt soooo sluggish. I felt better for the middle of the course, but couldn't remember if there was one or 2 laps, so I didn't put as much steam into it as I could have. Maybe.

Not do a sprint race so close after a 4-hour bike ride.

One word...food.

Lack of sleep. Not enough swim training. Too soon after a hard training ride for Ironman.

As I was telling my husband BEFORE I got second in women's overall...I thought this race was extraordinarily well organized. The rules were well outlined, the bike course was extremely well-marshalled, the volunteers were fantastic, the events were on time (if not a little early), the post race meal was fantastic and the other competitors were enthusiastic and courteous. The first-place female competitor was quite gracious. My swim lane group was marvelously courteous.