Wow, the swim really sucked! the course was a tight 750m triangle. We had between 600-1000 in the race, divided into <40 and >=40 age waves. The gun went off and the beating began. I got the mess kicked out of me for the entire first loop. I knew it would take awhile for me to feel comfortable in the water due to a serious lack of training the past couple of months. I didn't think it would take 500m. By the second loop things had strung out a little more and got into a little better rhythm. Time would have been slightly faster but I saw a small Korean woman getting pounded, screaming, and generally looking like she was about to drown. So I swam back to her, and sidestroked her over to a buoy.

hmm...actually do some swimming prior to the race.

it was a 1/4 mile run into T1, overall transition was decent

The bike was tough. They had closed off a section of the highway that runs along the river. Nice course. Unfortunately, we had swirling crosswinds that ended up feeling like we were riding into a headwind the whole way. I caught Amelia with about 3-4 miles to go and rode in with her.

more training, need to take in more nutrition

It wasn't clearly marked where we were supposed to exit the transition to enter the run course. Lost a few seconds here but no big deal.

Really tired by this point and my left knee was starting to tighten up/hurt. We just kinda jogged along at 10-11 minute pace. Amelia really wasn't feeling well, so she stayed with me the whole time. The course was really nice. The area around the lake is a park set against the Apsan mountains. Very pretty.

train more.

stumble back to the transition area, pick up bike, stumble to car


Lack of training


The race was well organized and the day was beautiful. It would have been a really nice event if I had trained properly for it.