Put in a great effort today! Honestly I was hoping that I would be more competitive, but that will come in time, and I can’t believe the turnout for such an early season event where the water was still cold. Finished 8th in my age group. According to the preliminary printed results I was in the top half of the overall field in the swim, close to top third in the bike, and near top quarter in the run once everyone is counted. I did better in the swim than I anticipated. It was definitely cold but I was more comfortable than I expected. The bike was super tough and probably the hilliest 10 mile course I have raced, and the downhills were windy and had turns that required slowing down to make, so the overall average speed was nothing spectacular. My Edge 530 told me i broke my power record for 20 minutes. It hasn’t shown up in Connect yet, and what a conundrum if/when it does, because I don’t want my bike counted twice, but if I did earn a Garmin record it would be sad to discard it. Not sure 🤔 if I can keep it and delete the bike from this multisport entry from my 955 watch 🤷🏻‍♂️ The run had its hills as well, and I was pretty happy with my run. Haven’t done many brick workouts this season but I’m still running well off the bike! As for the race itself, I wouldn’t say I fell in love with it and I’ll do it every year. But since I missed most of last year I couldn’t help myself from getting an early start to the season! I miss the early season races that are no longer (Wrentham and Coast Guard Duathlon).