Woke up at 4:15 and at 2 pieces of toast along with some milk. Ate about half of an apple before I left at 5am. Heated up a breakfast sandwich and brought a banana because I knew I wouldn't be racing until about 8am.

Nothing this time because I wasn't trying to do well for this race since I haven't been training for it.

Everything on the swim was good because I wasn't going balls out. My breathing and form seemed to be excellent for the first 100 meters. I guess because I wasn't thinking about it. When my race jitters subsided (even though I wasn't taking this race seriously), I settled into a nice rythym. Except for rounding the buoys. I did fine, but most others almost come to a complete stop when rounding them and so I had to slow down as well. Kind of annoying.

Because I wasn't wearing a wetsuit I figured my T1 would be faster than most.

Didn't want to go too hard and be dead for the run. Or even be cramping on the run.

After racking my bike and changing shoes I started to get a side cramp. So I stood up for a few seconds trying to stretch it out. Made sure not to start out too hard on the run so my muscles could calm down.

Went out at just the right pace. I think my first mile was right around 8 minutes. Because I wasn't trying to crush this race, I think that was a good pace. I didn't stop at any water stations and just cruised right along. Right at the half way point I was feeling really good and picked up the pace. I didn't have any particular goals in mind, but just felt good and wanted to run fast. The last 1.5 miles I steadily increased my pace and was feeling really good.

Ate 4 M&M cookeies (they tasted soo good) and drank a little water. Almost immediately went to transition to get my stuff and leave. Didn't stretch until I got back to the car.

Good race and can kinda get pricey if you don't register early. First time this race has been held in May instead of June and it turned out really well.