Good swim overall. I pushed hard in the beginning to get away from the crowd and then settled into a comfortable pace breathing every 3 - 4 strokes. Everything was clear until the last 300 yards or so and I started catching people from the other waves. I almost had to stop a couple of times to find a path through the crowd.

Nothing.

I messed up this transition. I took my time coming out of the water. I had my biking stuff in one bag and running stuff in another and grabbed the wrong bag. I forgot to undo the straps on my shoes so I fumbled with that. For what ever reason I wore gloves so that ate away some time putting those on. The good thing is I never stressed about any of it.

Make sure my darn shoes are unbuckled and probably skip putting on gloves.

I went a little harder on the bike than I initially planned on. I had plans to keep my heart rate average at 125 but it averaging higher. Maybe it was the race day hype or something because I felt good. I had to stop once to pee. I tried to pee on the bike but just couldn't bring myself to it. I slowed things down a bit and then picked it up the last 5 miles since my legs were feeling good. I was hoping I wouldn't pay the price on the run for doing this.

Nothing. Very pleased with this bike given my overall objective of this race.

This was still a somewhat slow transition compared to some other people but again I took my time and relaxed. I changed socks since mine were soaking wet from the bike.

I am so happy with this run. I know it is not fast to a lot of people but compared to last year this is such an improvement. I walked some of the aid stations since this is what I'll be doing in Cozumel. The last 2 miles my legs were getting tired but I refused to walk this time. I can't tell you how happy I am with this pace.

Light stretching.


Transition area for this race just sucks. There is limited parking. Post race bike pickup was the worst. After racing they made you walk ~1 - 1.5 miles to get your bike! They changed the swim start times to make them closer together and that really bunched up the course. I guess this is no different than mass starts though. If they could get the transition area more organized it would help.