I want to say this swim was below average for me because it is my slowest swim ever but I got out of the water just about where I normally due during a race. The waves were pretty tough to break through on the 1st 50 meters to the buoy. Once I got going I felt like I maintained a consistent pace. Sighting was difficult because the waves were so large you could not pick up the navigation buoys. The water was churning so the current did not help that significantly. My wife said that about 1/3 of people were getting stung by jelly fish (luckily I escaped free of danger) but the course was shortened 100 meters and they were bringing people down the beach for a 100 meter jog. (another person reported that the buoys got loose and had to be retied which made everyone swim 100 meter extra, cannot confirm personally)

I should practice swimming in the ocean since it has been 1 year since my last ocean swim.

ripped of the nineteen frequency, got dressed and ran out of T1. I had the best T1 spot in the race as it was the 1st spot inside the entrance. One of the perks of being early.

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I pushed as hard as I could go, I was really hoping to pull 22mph but came up short of the goal. 21.5 is what I have been averaging all year consistently. I forgot my water bottle in the freezer at the hotel but was able to get my wife to bring it to me and stick it right near transition. Would have been really bad to do the race with no water.

Remember my water bottle.

Couldn't feel my legs as I jumped off the bike and ran through transition but was able to get dressed with no issues. I pulled out of my shoes probably .25 miles earlier than I should have and lost pace with the 2 people I was racing against within the race.

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One of my best sprint triathlon runs currently ranks 3/22 for me in the 5k sprint race. The course was mostly flat the winds were strong but kept me very cool and the course was mostly shaded. The finish into the park came up very quick but was a cool finish.

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Had a coke and walked back to transition to clean up. Through all the stuff into the car and walked back to the park. Got the world's worst coffee from Cupcakes on Coffee. Met the wife and kids let them play on the park for a bit, realized I had no shot at placing inside age group and headed back to the hotel for a day of relaxing.


Huge waves


Once the race got going volunteers were everywhere and were very helpful. The race features the coolest shirt I own out of the 75 race shirts I own. I will be back for sure.