It was shorter than 750 just based on my speed as I'm just under 2min/100

Pretty packed field, but no hitting or kicking.

More swimming.

Yah that's right, almost 8 mins. No carpet so walking on sharp rocks the whole way, and in the rain, but still slower than too many. (135 rank)

I had neoprene toe covers that DID NOTHING TO HELP. They got wet, then I froze. I decided to wear my socks on the bike to keep warm, but they were wet within seconds. My legs were bare but they're tough so that was tollerable. No shell, just tri top and a long sleeve tech shirt, and gloves. Again, unpleasant but tollerable. The feet were hell. On lap two I was shivering to the point where it was becoming a handling issue. If it had been any longer I would have quit.


Buy a bike shell for torso and figure something out for the feet. Last time I taped plastic bags to the toes of the shoes. I may switch to SPD pedals then get some proper mountain bike shoes for when it's cold.

Frozen, shaking and a bit disoriented - one vol was going to pull me cause she had to ask me 3 times if I was ok before I answered. Getting the shoes on and tying my laces (last minute shoe change) was a huge task.

Normally I use sockless zoot tts for <10Ks but because I knew I'd have socks on the bike, I wore my marathon/energy shoes. But then my wet socks on the bike had to come off and no dry socks meant running in the wrong shoes with no socks and laces. Argh.


Put socks in the T2 back no matter if using or not.

I have never run with frozen feet before and it's a weird experience. It's like running in wooden clogs - I seriously thought someone had frozen my shoes, or that since I normally had socks that the soles were especially hard. After 2k it was back to normal and I felt cushion and could run decent. Lace came undone in the last 1K but I just ran with it flopping.


Stay warmer on the bike so the run isn't a pain to start.

Bad eq planning for the weather and lack of training since 70.3.

And getting a deep body massage on Thurs was dumb. I was still sore as hell from it.



The goodie back was hilarious. A GAP bag for the wetsuit/t1, a single powerbar, a (nice) shirt and a flyer for rafting. No maps or instructions for the pasta parties or any of the other stuff. The explanations of how the pre-race clothing/gear was going to be returned was completely ommitted and so some people thought it ALL had to come back in the gap bag while others had suitcases. It all worked out in the end but just a bit more communication could have saved a lot of stress and hassle.