Not a great swim for me. This was only my second race and the first was in the ocean where I was a lot more bouyant. I couldn't catch my breath for to the first bouy. After that I settled in somewhat, but still felt tired and short of breath for the duration of the swim. There was not much of an announcment for the start. Just a lady back on the beach behind us saying GO! Caught a lot of people off guard.

Swim a little more to warm up maybe. Try to get into a groove quicker. Find my own space! Got kicked a lot by the guys doing the breast stroke.

Pretty good. Better than my first race for sure. I fumbled with the helmet strap a little. It helped wearing the tri suit and not taking time to put on a top when you're wet. I might start training without socks, that seems to take up some time also.

Lose the socks, practice with the helmet a few times.

Felt like a great start on the bike. At the midway point I counted about 30 people ahead of me at the turn around and I thought that was pretty good for me. I was passed by five people on the bike and only passed up two. The ride back was a head wind almost the entire way. Very hard work! This was 12.4 miles, almost 2 1/2 miles longer than my first race and I still improved on my time.

Try and catch the girl that passed me. She was cute! Just kidding, I probably wouldn't do much differently other than train longer on the bike. Not drink so much toward the end. It made me a little sick on the start of the run.

Happy with the whole thing with the exception of struggling slightly with the number belt while running to the gate.

Practice putting on the number belt in a hurry.

Sluggish start on the run because I drank too much accelerade on the bike towards the end. Picked it up towards the end and passed a few people. Felt great at the end.

Work on a more consistant pace throughout.

Drank water and gatorade, ate a b-nana and cheered on the other finishers. Hung out with the wife and dog and checked out all the cool bikes.


Not enough longer bike rides in training. Kind of confused about the swim. I felt rested and nourished, but couldn't get into it.


Seemed well organized with the exception of some traffic. Roads were open to traffic in both directions and there were some pissed off locals who had to wait for anything race related. Lots of volunteers that were very helpful. Nice bunch of people in the race too. I'd do it again.