this swim was my best start yet but one of my worste middles then an ok finish. at the gun I went into the water witha burst of speed. after about a minute I looked around and there was nobody in front of me, only a few off to the sides. I slowed my stroke to cruising speed and unfortunately got cocky and stopped sighting regularly. next thing I know I look up and I head for the wrong shore, off to the left. I get straightened out and after another minute or so I hit a wall of weeds. at first I was really scared and almost panicked because it seemed like I would get pulled under. but I managed to crawl across the weeds and get clear...the damage was done though and I lost about a minute total to bad nav and hitting the weeds

start the same but continue to sight on a regular schedule

first good transition with the shoes in the peddles. I had worked on this and it saved me almost a minute

just keep getting faster

really happy with my ride. my only goal was to avg over 20 mph for the first time in a race and I did it...mission accomplished

you know

not sure why T2 was so much slower than T1, I did stop for a drink of water but that didn't take 30 secs.

going to get an aero bottle this week to make drinking easier during the ride...then there will be no need during T2

not a great run but it was within my expected time so I'm happy. I was passed more than I like but held off a few guys in my AG.

keep training

just walking around, eating, drinking, speaking with Velo and Robert. then headed home


stupid weeds


great to race tradewinds again...it's a fast course and a good indication of my overall ability. I took over 3 minutes off my last time there which is great...next race I'm shooting for 56 minutes