Chris lent me his wetsuit [thanks again!] which made a big difference for me. I've never done an OWS with a suit on and was amazed at the difference.

Do a better job of keeping on course and steer wide of the traffic jam rounding the buoys.

I had a really hard time getting transitioned on this one.

Get my tri-shoes fit with clips so I don't feel the need to towel off my feet.

The one place I do well at is the downhills and the cornering, which was mostly nullified by narrow roads and corner-cowards.

Be more aggressive in getting blockers out of the way. I also, quite obviously, really need to start riding regularly again. I've been ignoring it while I focus on swim/run and the riding is really starting to fall off. Especially the hills.

This transition went well. Of course, there wasn't really much to do in this one.

Run with my gloves on. I don't see any point in spending the time to take them off for the run.

I had way too much left at the end. Also had a difficult time with consuming fluids on the run. The first 1/2 mile was rough until I got my heartrate under control. Overall, I'm happy with this because I did it without any breaks. That's a definite improvement.

Work on upping my pace and dealing with fluid consumption on the run.

Did a lot of walking & fluid intake. Food after about 1/2 hour or so.


Training, training, training.


I had a good time. I could definitely have worked harder on the bike ride [I've been using the ride as a recuperation activity rather than going all out]. I also could have run harder. I'm assuming figuring out my appropriate paces will come with experience. At least I hope so.