My training has been garbage since July 1. I took a new leadership position at my work and a long-distance relationship heated up at the same time. Who starts a long-distance relationship anyway?!? Sure, your sig other moves away, but starting one up? Ill-advised.

In any case, i resolved this would be just for fun.

none. no warm-up whatsoever.

So this swim time will not impress anyone, but there was a LONG run out of the pool and into transition and the timing mat. My watch had my swim time at around 4:40. Anything under 2:00/100 is pretty good for me, so I was pretty happy with this. I was also pushing pretty hard though and still got passed by a couple of people.

train. I've barely been in the pool lately.

took forever to get my socks on to my wet feet!

Hilly bike course. Bike is typically my worst event, even though it's my favorite. The course was pretty hilly. I only passed a couple of people, but got passed 4-5 times. However, I didn't sweat this too much. People that passed me were always (a) on a $2500+ tri bike, whereas I was sporting my Raleigh Revenio, and (b) always on hills. Overall, I was pretty pleased with the bike.

work on hills.

this transition went pretty quickly. thanks speed laces!

nothing

Hilly! OMG the first 1.25 miles was straight uphill. Last year when I did this race, I had to walk some. This time was better. I managed to pass 10 or so people. No one passed me. this time isn't great for me, but given my lack of training, the heat, and the relentless hills, I was reasonably happy. Even if I never did manage to reel in the 10-year-old that finished ahead of me.

water, Gatorade, then Neomonde - the BEST local Mediterranean food! Sooo much better than the typical cold crappy pizza.

Lack of training. My hours per week lately have been terrible. I"m lucky to have been able to hold onto some of my half-iron training from early in summer.

I don't really understand the FS Series math. I came out 12th of 30 age group but < 8 of 10 in every event. It must be really long transitions, but I'm not really seeing that in the results.