I did much better sighting at this race than at most of my other races. I gave it a good all out effort and felt like it was a solid swim overall. I came out of the water about 35 seconds behind the leader. She took off from the start and there was no way I was catching her!

Nothing - swim faster if I can manage it! More drills in the pool might help.

I had a bit of a problem with my helmet - the strap on the left came out of its socket and I had to put it back in. Relative to the rest of the field, this transition was on the slow side - about 30 seconds slower than the leaders.

Fix my helmet - otherwise, I'm not sure what I should do to go faster. I did a smooth transition, even if it wasn't the quickest.

I went all out and attacked this course as best I could. At the very beginning out of the transition, I nearly threw my chain, but was able to recover it without having the stop. I stayed in my middle chain ring up the first hill, and then went to the big ring for the rest of the ride. I stayed aero for everything except the series of hills and a short break towards the end of the course.

Nothing. My recent increase in training showed up, so I'll just continue to ride lots and lots. Losing some weight would help, but that will have to come in time.

I missed my bike rack position by one rack, which slowed me down. Then, I had a little trouble getting my right shoe on for some strange reason. Otherwise, this wasn't bad, but I probably lost a good 20 seconds right there.

Rack faster and get my shoes on faster. Just some little things that added up to a little bit of lost time.

I let my legs pick my cadencce after the bike ride - a strategy that has worked well in my training bricks. I then just concentrated on maintaining that cadence and not overstriding for the rest of the run. It was a challenge, and I did have to ratchet it down just a bit in mile two, but I increased my pace again for the last 3/4 mile. I gave this my all and didn't have anything left for a burst at the end.

Nothing - again, losing weight would help with my overall speed

walk, cool down with water, stretching


My weight is the primary limiter right now. I'm going to continue to try to bring that down and I think I will continue to see time improvements.


I love this race! And I did a personal best by more than a minute! WOO HOO!!! This is an ideal course and a nice small race so it's a great opportunity to really see what I can do and where I am. I'd like to podium someday, but apparently the word got out about this course and the field was MUCH more competitive this year. Still, I'm extremely pleased with my overall performance.