They started the non-seniors first, so I was in the first wave of swimmers. Forgot to put my swim goggles on until the end of lap 1. This is the best swim I have done. I felt relaxed, except when the guy doing a version of breast stroke in the lane next to me kicked me.

I was happy with my swim. Remember to put my goggles on.

This was a bad transition. Once again my bike seemed to be in a really bad spot. I was freezing and had a hard time getting stuff on and off. Then my 4 year old ran into the transition area because he just had to tell me something. The officials yelled at him to get out, then he cried, so I was distracted.

Nothing, I was just so cold that my fingers weren't working well.

Realize it's time to ditch the old pedals that came with my bike for some pegs. I struggled with the head wind.

Get a better bike shirt, mine is not very aero.

This transition was quicker, all I had to do was remove my helmet (an advantage of having those old pedals).

I really enjoyed the run, even tho I was lonely. I had one lady in front of me and I just worked on catching up to her, but I didn't quite make it and she crossed the line before me. I was really please with my run. I don't think I have run a sub 7 min/mile since high school.

I just hung out and waited for results. They had my name up as a male at one point, then changed it. I got a kick out of watching all the seniors finish, hope I'm as active at that age.
I have to laugh, I got first in my AG, but I was my age group-just me, LOL!
I also got to meet Chile7473 (Andy) after the race, a very cool guy, he won his age group.
After the race, we went to the fanfest at the spring training facility across the street. Sammy Sosa threw my son a ball and he was stoked!


Maybe still having the cold but I felt pretty good while I was out there.


This was an all ages tri in conjunction with the senior olympics. There were definitely more seniors than younger folk. It was a small tri, maybe less than 100 people.