I got second in my AG! I lined up to the left and spotted my draft target. Most people were jammed on the right side. On go, my target took off as expected and I jumped on the draft right away. He pulled my to the second buoy ahead of the pack. I sighted perfectly the whole time. I came close to the buoys each time...dead straight lines. I even did a fancy free/back/free turn on the last buoy.

While a nice swim, it was still slow by my expectations. There is more to give. I have to go some speed work to improve this.

Long uphill run from the swim. I had good legs, so I ran hard to my bike. I put on socks which added time. I noticed a guy that had his cycling shoes pre-loaded and noted my efforts v his. I got to the mount line just as fast and did a flying mount which put me way ahead of him. All that said, the time was very average.

I do well on the swim, then give the time back in transition. Need to work with my new helmet. I was a little slow with it.

I really thought I did better on the bike. I had a few spots that I backed off due to HR spikes, but I was passing lots of people and did not get passed that much. Given the extremely low cycling this month, I am still fine with the result.

More miles.

3rd fastest in AG. Nailed the flying dismount. the workers were all yelling at me to slow down going to the red line. I stepped off Cyclocross style with great forward momentum. I just kept running. Quick change...ran while putting on my hat and race belt.

Nothing. I felt I did this one with a little style.

Crap...another slow run. While it had a few nasty hills, I should have tried to push harder. I did not felt bad, just did not feel good. I did start to come around at mile 2 marker. So, I targeted a guy ahead and tried to run him down. When I caught him, I started to think I blew the run. I had more and should have used it.

Run harder, accept it will hurt and "git r dun"

Kept walking, got some water and food. Hooked up with Chris and replayed the race. I was much faster in that version! Ran into some other people, then walked down the hill to cheer for the finishers. Spread the good karma to get it back.


Low training volume. The only consistent thing in my season is swimming. The result speaks for itself. My ramp for Tug starts in another week, so I am hoping this is not the limiter when I write that RR.


I thought the race was just ok from a management stand point. Food was average at best, ran out of water and HEED under the pavilion. Small stuff. I wish they would mark the run course out of transition better. Lots of people were blocking people leaving the race while trying to watch people finish. They have to take another look at this part of the race.