Started in the back on the inside and slowly worked my way up during the race. Felt good thru out and built on my pace until the end. Happy with swim as I manage to not get dropped from groups and was able to do some leap frogging.

This may have been my worst bike effort ever. The first lap was pure torture. I could not turn the legs over and going uphill was horrible. I got a little better over the next 2 laps but I never felt like I had any power.

I managed to redeem myself of the run. I was pissed after the bike and felt like I needed to salvage the race. I did a great job to get into a quick rhythm and hold it as a picked people off. I ended with a sprint in the chute and edged the guy out next to me by a fraction of a second. Very happy with the end of the race!

Leading up to the race I was training for Kona and trained right thru this event with some big bike efforts. It showed on the bike today and it was a bit embarrassing. There is always next year.