Tried to take it easy and smooth. Started well off to the side to avoid the mess heading towards the first buoy. Worked well and I got into a nice smooth rhythm and didn't work too hard. I got run over the second half by a speedster coming up from the previous wave.

Swim more often. I haven't swam much at all since May and it caught up to me.

I was really slow for some reason. No urgancy at all. I was slow getting my cycling jersey on, had trouble with my socks. I think I was still in the mindset of my half ironman instead of a sprint.(think you could say the same about the swim)

Practice the transitions a bit more. A few minute in a short race can make a difference.

I love this course. Flat out and back with a few small rolling "hills". You can really get moving. I have been having problems with my front derailer and the chain kept popping off when I shifted to the big ring, so I rode the whole way on the small ring. Even so I had one of my fastest rides averaging over 19.6 MPH. To put it in perspective I was 18 minutes faster than last year. The second half of the race I hooked up with a group out riders. We kept leapfrogging each other and did our best to not draft (spread out across the road). It really helped keep the pace up.

Get my bike a tune up before the race. Only having the small ring probably cost me a few miniutes. I have been working hard on an indoor trainer, it helped alot but I need to practice cornering, I lost alot of momentum. Bike shoes wouldn't hurt either.

Better than T1. Sprayed on some sunscreen and got a big drink of water.

Nothing

Got off to a slow start. Tried to drink at first water stop and almost drowned as it went down the wrong tube. My calves also felt like they were about to cramp. However, I stayed calm and let thing come to me. Fortunately it did. I ran each mile faster than the last and finished strong

Don't know. Didn't think I had a drinking problem and I have been doing bike-run bricks fairly regularly. Maybe drink more on the bike to set myself up better?

Walked back to pinic area, loaded up my stuff in the car.


Mechanical problems with my bike and wasn't in a racing frame of mind for first half of the race.


This is a really nice small race. 10th annual race. The Bamino Biathlon for the kids (during bike portion of the tri) was a big hit (sold out for 3rd straight year).