Swim
Comments: Was very cold and very wavy. Current was pulling and pushing people. Had a little trouble finding my breath at first. Sighting was difficult. When I stood up at the end I got knocked over hard by a wave, as did many others. It was near jettys too which could have easily been bad news. What would you do differently?: I did about as well as I could - one of the hardest swims I ever did. Not enough buoys or lifeguards. Transition 1
Comments: The transition marker was up near transition, not the beach, so it makes your swim longer than it really is. The volunteers had to answer 1,000 times where you went in and out of transition because they had no signs for it but it was a good open area on pavement. What would you do differently?: Get wetsuit off heals faster. Bike
Comments: I'm not a strong biker so I was getting ripped here. The roads are good except where they meet at turns. Some relatively sharp turns. I can't emphasize enough the time-trial atmosphere of the course. What would you do differently?: Learn to use aerobars. Transition 2
Comments: By the time I came back, they opened up the transition area for the sprint so it was a little confusing. Run
Comments: Ran well. What would you do differently?: Nothing. Post race
Warm down: Not much options. Did take ice from a bucket and put it in my suit. What limited your ability to perform faster: It got really hot and they didn't have enough water on the course. Event comments: This was the first year Sunset Racing did it and it was very good. In general the course was very good and fair and challenging, there were just a lot of smaller details that they need to work out. Last updated: 2009-07-13 12:00 AM
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United States
Sunset Racing
85F / 29C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 96/192
Age Group = 25-29
Age Group Rank = 17/25
Slept at friend's nearby. Drove 10 minutes to the start, had to park on the street. Was easy for us cause we were there early but was probably a headache later. Insufficient amount of portajohns.
Went swimming in the freezing, wavy water briefly. Race started 10 minutes late.