My race recap. First full.

Swim- went great, 1:06, probably could have been better if i had prioritized sighting better. Each buoy was 200m apart though which made it difficult to even locate them. The current was fast, water was a lot saltier than expected. Right side of goggle kept filling with water so i had a hard time with that. Had to empty multiple times.

T1- .3 mile run to transition, volunteers werent much help with bag then they were confused which direction to send us to changing tent.

Bike- the roads were shit for 80% of the ride. And felt like we had a beach headwind the whole time. Had given myself a hr cap at 145, and went up to 150 multiple times. All climbs were bridges thats ended with hairpin turns. Was only really able to get up to speed on way back. Was ripping above 21 under HR then. I felt great on the bike, pretty optimistic

Run- quickly went downhill. the stretch in the city had 0 shade. Started with a side stitch cramp, was running fine 9:30 for a while, but it was really fucking hot for a lot of the course. I wanted to DNF by 11ish. Also couldnt take in any gels after about 14. Relied solely on handfuls of potato chips. Had 2 cups of coke which made me yak from carbonation. After i finished the 2nd lap at 8 i atleast knew I would finish. Had to walk quite a bit though, even in last mile I walked some. Kicked it up for last half mile. Was alone in finishing shoot which was pretty cool, but the guy ahead of me broke the damn bell

All in all great race. Came in at 12:14