Was one of the first in the water on the run and one of the first out. Unfortunately meant I was in scrum the whole time; 1st stretch, woman in front kept zigzagging--soon as I pulled alongside to pass she'd plow into me, then knocked goggles off my face, so I quickly adjusted, caught up and swam over her (sorry). Not her fault but if you're that fast a swimmer, learn to swim straight. Rounded buoys very closely. Sighting perfect as usu. Had a 10-20s dizzy spell halfway through. So short course, never did get a chance to stretch out and swim, b/c of swimmers and also waves. Caught one in but stopped short, about to smash into someone already upright, so wave washed over me.

Get out there and fight through. Not aggressive enough to command and keep spot on short swim.

As got out of water, realized did NOT want to do the long run on soft sand with heavy wetsuit (many were pulling off in water), but I didn't have the practice or finesse to do it quickly. Sat on sand to pull off one leg at a time, carried it over sand. Annoying. Ran all the way into trans area and spot. Followed trans instrux (I print them out) to the letter. Fast out.

NO WETSUIT on short crowded course in warm water. CONFIDENCE: next time, no hesitation off rack (kept feeling I forgot something) and just hop on bike off the run. Plenty time to clip in.

Very pleased as have gone from downright $hitty on bike to being OK. Got passed by many but passed many also, usu. on hills, excellent at them, love them. Sped up when I passed the Taco Bell sign (mmm ...). Honked turtle horn at photographer as leaving trans area, he laughed so hard couldn't take pic. Broke 30mph and the speed limit. :) Waste lots of time reaching down for gears and bottles and usually stop pedaling to do so. Unf. just as warmed up, loose, in groove, nearly over.

CAMELBACK when affordable. Learn to ride with 1 hand. Lots more shifting practice. Eventually, trans. to aerobars (notice big dif. in performance when in aero on a stationary. Just sayin'.)

Bike handling skills inc. in trans need work. Couldn't recall how to rack a bike. Effen lace locks on shoes got all tangled up, pulled 'em off and tied regular.

Same as bike--just got going and it was done. Walked very little (ran all runnable segments of tri) <3 min. Legs felt fine, not bricklike, powered up long initial grade (hardest part of run). However, whole body felt heavy as it always does starting out any runs, and this one was very short. Only slightly loose and stretchy towards end and into finish.

Maybe some track workouts to boost short-distance speeds. Get that lace lock thing down, or just abandon since I use butterfly lacing.

Walked around for 5-10 min, stuffing oranges and bananas in fruit-hole, then ran back down course to find friend and ran in with her.


Long stressful week, on feet a lot, not enough sleep. Transition logistics. Lack of speed-focused training. General comment: don't think sprints are my distance. In nearly every workout I feel much stronger after 2-3 hours and can really kick in then (in running, even longer). In this race (as most) negative splits, here, very much so b/c such short distance. Did not feel able to blow my wad, frustrated, in fact, b/c just as got going each event, and race, was over. I am really looking forward to Oly and then training for HIM.