Woke up. Cursed a little b/c it was raining pretty heavy at my house.

Walking back and forth to my car to get things I forgot. Did not want to do too much so I would have plenty for the race

Pretty bad swim. I started out on the inside and was not ready for the start. The current kept pulling me into the buoys. I am not used to swimming in a crowd so I went out too fast and had to flip on my back at the turn around. On the way back I found my groove (and some waves too) Jen told me I was second out of the water in my group. I did not feel very strong though.

Check current, pre swim a little, and COME OUT SLOWER

Bad transition! I got all the way to the mounting line and realized I forgot my helmet. STUPID. everything else went good for the first time, but I lost 2 minutes on the bike because of the transition. Bike portion reflects T1

Practice, Practice, practice

Bike killed me. I was still thinking about T1 and came out to hard. Did decent on the first big hill, but lost my concentration through the rest. Put a gel pack in my water and it was the nastiest thing ever! I drank no water so I was hurting by the end of it

Bring powerade and Practice. Got to ride harder

Good T2. I rode in my running shoes so all I had to do was rack it and take off.

Nothing, it was fast

Great run. it rained during the middle so that felt great. I wish they would have had mile markers out there b/c I could have gone harder. The way out seemed like forever. Once I got to the top of the hill, my bike legs left so that was good. I know its a slow time, but I felt great

Work on getting faster. Endurance was there though

2 cold beers

Lack of knowledge/training. I only worked for 3 months for this event. I will be better next year. Need to work on mental aspect