BEST SWIM ever. NO 'anxiety' attacks, no backstroke, no problems at all. Felt like I was able to race and not just survive. My sights for next years swim performance are MUCH more optimistic now. I'm very pleased.

Wear different swim goggles-the Kaimens I grabbed were the womens version (same as men's small, but 'softer' colors). My race pics really highlight this pretty blue hue around my face. :)

T1 was a bit slow because the rain forced everyone to put stuff into bags. Of course, the bags get kicked and messed up. Just wanted to be smooooth and not forget anything. I was and I didn't.

Next year want to master the 'shoes on bike'/jump on bike move. Clipping into pedals is always an area of concern for me.

As I was leaving T1 I realized I hadn't put my water bottle on bike. SHIT! No problem, I grabbed a bottle of water along the way. I did miss the HEED in the drink, but I don't know if it altered the course of events. Course marshall warned me about blocking.

20.9 mph/AVERAGE-Long Term Goal accomplished.

I remebered my bottles early, but got rushed at the start and forgot to fill them with water. I need LOTS MORE miles on the bike. By T2 I was pretty tired and legs were cramping during last 100 yrds.

legs started cramping right at the end. I tried to stretch, but then ran out of road to get out of my shoes. Ended up running with shoes no. No big deal because I had parked close to the entrance. Rack was full so I couldn't rack bike by seat-had to kinda toss the bars over the top and snag brake levers.

Think ahead and get out of shoes before dismount.

Legs started cramping on bike, so I was expecting the worst-never happened. Calf and right/upper thigh got "realll" close to siezing up, but never did. First lap went realy well-good pace, felt good and was looking forward to fast second lap. NEVER HAPPENED. I simply ran out of gas on lap two. Not enough training miles under my belt. I kept an OK pace going, but had nothing left for any significant surge late in the race.

Train more. Decided to run with the PI Surge shoes. Seems every time I wear the Streaks I get sore in the calf. Maybe not drinking enough calories on the bike (forgot bottle) played a part-but mostly, it was simply lack of longer training rides/runs.

bottle of water and cold bean burrito. Did a wee bit of stretching and answered questions at the Boise Aeros info booth.


Lack of longer training rides. Lack of calories/carbs during bike ride.


I love this race. It was the place of my first ever-tri and it's the course that I can always compare my efforts too. I have two more races planned for this season-I'm gonna try and get better. I'm already pumped for next year.