was cold going in to the water and was cold for the swim. never really felt comfortable out there. I knew this was going to be a long day for me.

more practice in open water

I could not feel my fingers...they were numb. this was slow but I took my time and dried off, put on a gator over my head. It seemed to have warmed up about 10 degrees or so from the start but who knows.

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I felt I was holding my own as no one was really passing me. Of course, being the 128th person out of 151 there would not be many people behind me. I should have pushed harder.

better than the first one

I was not in to the run at all. My feet were still cold when I started the run. Felt like there were rocks in the bottom of my shoes but it was just the feeling from my feet being numb. eventually that went away but I never felt good during the run. Never felt like pushing it and just kept things manageable.

Had a coke and food.


I really was not in shape for an Olympic. I registered a couple weeks ago as a beer bet with a friend that lives near Fruita. I lost the bet. The race was the collegiate championship...so a lot of young fast guys out there. This is my slowest Olympic ever but really I'm not all that disappointed...my expectations were low going into the race. I bought beers and paid my bet. Next time I'll be better prepared!



while I rate this course "too Hard". It's actually a great course other than when you ride by the pig farm...could have done without that! But had I trained properly I would have enjoyed the course more. I was not prepared.