My friend Steve was starting 10 minutes after me and I knew he had a good chance to pass me before I finish my swim, so I tried to push as hard as I could to not make it happened.

At first I was with some people and I tried to stay with them. It worked for most of the first loop, but when we were coming back in the current I lost them and after the buoy there was no way to get back to them. So I finished my swim all by myself.

By the end of the second loop I started seeing people from the wave behind me and I was scared that Steve would pass me, I got passed by maybe 10 people from what I count see. And I knew that he was a good enough swimmer to get out of the water in the top 10.

I just tried to swim as fast as I could to get out of the water. Once I approached the exit I heard a volunteer yelling that it was slippery, and slippery it was dammit. I almost fell while getting out of the water.

Last year at the sprint I swam 20:15, so I had a not so bad improve here.

I really need to improve my swim, this is usually what kills my race. I can make up some time on the bike and run but the swim always put me so much in the back of the pack that it is hard to have a good time overall.

Once I reached my bike I put my helmet on and started feeling dizzy a little bit. I took a couple of seconds to let it pass, then I headed out of the transition zone.

Not much

I jumped on the bike with one thing on my mind, get back some time on the faster swimmer. At first I got pass by a coupe of guy from the wave after me and I tried to stay with them. It worked for a while but they were fast and at some point I lost them. I was not drafting of them, but trying to stay in range.

I tried to cheer on everyone from the club as I was seeing them on the course, and besides that I just push hard and tried to keep a good average.

When I got off the bike I was disappointed with my bike split, I had no idea what was my avg or exact time since I didn't want to check but I felt like I had not much power during that leg.

Last year at the sprint I rode 33:02 here, so I mostly had the same split. Just twice as long

I need to rethink my training, I feel like I do not have power on the bike this year and I can't say why.

Not much to say about t2, everything went smoothly. Those Zoot Ultra Race are so nice in t2 :)

Nothing

I tried to get into that 10km with a sub 45 min time in mind. I wish I could have push to get it but sadly I didn't have enough juice left in the tank to get it.

This course is mostly flat so it is an easy one to get a good run, which I did but not as fast as I expected.

Not much to say about the run itself, it went as smoothly as it could with what I had left in the tank. I cheered on my friend from the club as much as I could, thanks the volunteer on my last lap and finished the race with a nice last split ... guess I still had some juice finally because I pushed the pace ;)

Last year at the sprint I ran 23:21 so I had a nice improve here.

Not much, maybe some more speed training and not running a 15km two days prior to a race ;)

I ran down the course to meet a friend who was having a tough race. I figured that she would appreciate the company. I ran almost two lap with her.


Probably that running a 15km on Thursday didn't help. But the plan was to run long to prepare myself for the HIM, and the HIM race has a higher priority that this race so I had to get out and run.

My swim ruined what I could have had as far as a good position and finishing time, as usual. I really need to do something about that.


I always enjoy this race, lots of people and lots of volunteer.