Sicne it was such a small race they did not track the splits and of course my watch was on the wrong mode, so I missed getting all of my times! Ugg. I know my time was under 10 minutes as they were starting waves every 10 minutes and I was out of the water before the next wave.

Double check my watch!

There was a spedd bump at the bottom of T1 so I was very careful not to go flying out of T1

Nothing

Very hilly. It was an out and back course, the 5 miles out were almost entirely uphill! It was an incline for most of the way, no rolling hills. I tried to get into the small chain, but it made a noise that made me nervous that the chain would fall off, so I stayed in the middle ring. There were also lots of switch-backs, at one of them I said, "are you friggin kiddin me!"...I was still going uphill! At the turn-around it was a traffic light and I was waiting for the signal to change and after 2 cycles, I gave up and just crossed against the light. While waiting for the light 4 people passed me. Then on the way back I dropped my water bottle!

Get into the smaller gear

T2 was in a different spot than T1, no bike racks, just put the bike on the ground.

The first half of the run is almost entirely uphill! I only 2 walked to parts of the uphill. My hip was tight from the hills on the bike, so I walked up the first big hill. Walked another uphill section on the way back. Figured I was walking about as fast as i could run the uphill. There was a woman on the opposite side of the road in the race and my goal was to pass her, it took a while, but I finally did and I stayed in front of her the rest of the run. Had no stomach issues, thankfully! Managed a good overall time, but I wish I had my split info.

Just my watch stuff

walked and stretched


Long uphills. I've got plenty of rolling hills in Tiburon, but none that go uphill for miles


Not sure if I would do this race again unless I had more long hill training. Enjoyed the pool swim, but I think for races open-water swims get me more pumped up to race. Great race t-shirts!