First ocean swim of my tri career and it was a lot of fun. Got past about 3-4 large waves at the beach and then settled in pretty good. After the 1st of 2 turn bouys, I got in behind a swimmer and this was the 1st time I've ever drafted during a swim. This really helped out and the longest part of the swim was a breeze.

Try and jump on more feet. I didn't know what to expect at the pace and if I would get lead down the wrong way.

I had a really good T1 and there weren't any real hangups especially since I didn't use a wetsuit.

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I was having a great ride out of transition and before I knew it is was already 10 miles down the road. On the bridge right before the turnaround, I ran over a black rubber tie-down and the hooks grabbed onto the spokes of my front tire. Before I knew it I looked down to see the tie-down winding around the hub. After just a couple revolutions, the hook grabbed onto the fork and launched me right over the handlebars. It was pretty violent but I stood up and realized that my shoulder and knee were tore up but nothing was broken. I slowly got to my bike and had to work pretty hard to get the tie-down unhooked and out of the tire. After I did, I had to reposition the brakes and the bar end shifters. After finally getting back on the bike I started feeling everything that was sore or bruised and bleeding. I think I spent about 10 minutes getting it all situated. Getting my legs loose and up to a respectable speed took another 4-6 miles. I was on pace for a phenomenal bike leg if not for the crash. Still though, I learned a lot about how I can handle a crash and still finish with my head up..

Pay attention to the course and try to avoid running over debris on the road

Pretty good shot at T2 this time. Everything went on easy but I think that the charlie horse in my left calf had me stepping around carefully and it cramped again slipping my shoe on.

Nothing

It was a tough run just based on the weather conditions alone. It was cloudy all day long thankfully but the heat had crept up and I was pretty beat up from the crash. I did my best to push the pace and try to hold on. I stopped to walk twice but for only 10 seconds or so. I didn'nt really help to slow down so I just kicked it back into a run.

Actual training wold help

Lack of consistant training and the crash during the bike.