Sunday's race in Las Vegas was tough but my fitness felt good. It was my first open water swim of the season which made things interesting. I have been swimming a little faster in the pool this winter, but not fast enought to latch on to the front group of fast swimmers. I ended up in no-man's land for most of the swim but I felt like I held my pace ok and exited the water without too much of a deficit.

The bike course in Vegas was very rocky and very loose. It was my first race on the Felt Nine Team and I was making up good time on all the climbs and after the first lap it was Conrad first and I was about 40 seconds back. Conrad was flying on the descents and rocky sections. Into the second lap I was again gaining time on each climb and I was within about 20 seconds when disaster struck. read more...