could have been worse, i suppose. I mean, in the wave before mine, one guy got pulled out before he went 100 yards. Don't want to be that guy. That being said, I went out way to hard and promptly died before the first turn buoy. Once I got around the turn buoy, my arms and chest felt like they would live and i got into a rhythm. That was until i ran into the paddle board. Yes, i ran into the white long paddle board head first. It is a special talent. The life guard is apologizing and i'm telling him he has nothing to apologize for since i somehow couldn't avoid the one obstacle in the lake. i may have damaged the paddle board. After that it was an uneventful swim

1) train a little more on the swimming in the off season if i'm going to do an early season sprint
2) remember that the race is 750 meters, not 100 meters when i start
3) not run into the paddle board

yes, i spent that long in T1. the zipper strap on the suit got wrapped around the left heel and i couldn't get the suit off. spectacular.

pay attention to the zipper strap

decent bike. was hoping that it would be faster given all the bike work i have done in the off season. scary to think how slow it would have been if i hadn't. it took about 3/4 of the first loop before the legs felt decent. couldn't get the heart rate above 151.

train more on the bike ( a lot more)

decent

not much

ok run. kept a good cadence. just couldn't get the speed i wanted to get. glutes were complaining the whole time.

keep training on speed

stretched, rolled with the ball of pain and cheered for other racers


training


as usual Set Up put on a great race.