Wow - rough swim - the first bouy was 125ish yards out and I was in a real maelstrom. Swimming on top of people. I was faster but had to wait until the bouy. After that I picked up the pace. Rounded the second buoy and lowed my head for home. I had no clue where I was in my age group coming out of the water.

Given the race, be in front. Would have saved some time here.

Went to the wrong rack again - frankly my head was not in the game

Harder

I had previewed the course during the week and knew how hard it would be to get much below 36 mins. Too many turns at speed, too many descents/climbs on rough roads. Still rode hard, passed a bunch of folks, although we were spread out. I had no clue where I was in my age group. Kept passing folks in the wave ahead of me. I passed the guy who was second in clydes within the first mile, but still thought I was 2nd or 3rd. Mainly because of the first 200 yards of the swim.

I had one major issue - inbound on 115 there is a light at Presbyterian. It turned red as I was approaching with a volunteer. He needed to wave me through and stop traffic. He did nothing. I passed the car in my lane on the left, into an oncoming but stopped car. Very Frightening but I was not stopping. Needed a cop there or better volunteers.

Not much

Good T1 -

Not sure this was a full 5k - if it is then it is a PR for a triathlon 5k. I felt really good and was able to pick up the pace. Good run for me. I was pleased.

Stay with Nick Harvey..

Very little warm down; waited on results. The results were truly weird. They somehow added 2 mins to every result; which they never explained or announced. My announced time at the rewards was 2 mins faster than my posted time. It made sense since my run felt fast (my run was good) - but why the whole 2 mins?


Would have finished 2nd in my AG instead of the Clydes. Top 3 Clydes were all masters.

I rated the race a 2 because of organization - Examples:

1) Race morning the packet pick up line and chip picket up lines were long - it was a staffing issue.
2) The racks - they were high but my main issue was they put about 2 too many bikes per rack -
3) In the transition area the swim end doubled for the run start - no biggie but there was no signs for the run start. But they did have signs for the bike start/end. I had to ask a volunteer/friend for directions. They did announce this before the race. But it was just strange.
4) Pet Peeve - if you advertise a 500 yard swim then at least make it close - the swim was way off - the back stretch of the triangle was 300 plus yards alone. The swim was a good location in a cove. just needs to be measured accurately.
5) The volunteer at the intersection - needed to be more assertive

Until this year, this was a closed event. Its the first non-Setup event I have run. Its a nice event, decent for beginners (the bike course is plain punishing compared to LKN Sprint that covers much of the same roads). Good time of the year and a season ending event for some. Just needs soem more organization. It was fun. And since it was a non-setup event it was a smaller crowd, and not as competitive