Swim felt good for the most part except for my sighting. It was hard to see the buoys at first. There were lots of 'extra' buoys for the no wake zones which confused everyone. I think I swam sideways too much. With about 200m to go my calves started cramping. I quit kicking and tried to keep them from locking up. I know this cost me some time. I was shooting for 25 or less, but considering my place, it was ok.

Practice sighting and ows more. Need to figure out how to stop the cramping.

My calves locked up trying to kick out of my wetsuit. They completely knotted and I had to stop and pull the suit over my heels instead of just kicking it. Everything else went pretty well.

Not cramp during transition.

It went fine, I thought at the time. My biggest issue was the rough chipseal texture of the road. I feel like it slowed me down. Not sure what would help other than a new bike as mine is a 30 year old road bike. I think I was drinking too much water hoping it would help with the cramps.

Afford one of those fancy bikes.

Had to stop in the porta potty to pee. It cost me some time, but I just couldn't pee on the bike.

Pee on the bike? Or else not drink so much water? Not cramp in the swim.

My run felt pretty good for my cramping issues. I was hoping for a 48 or better, but I'll take the 50.

Again, not cramp in the swim.

Walked around, drank 3 bottles of water, ate a banana, got a massage.


My cramping in the swim and T1. It hurt the rest of the race.


It was a fun race. There were tons of volunteers and lots of post race food. I would do it again if I can afford the trip. I think if I hadn't cramped or had to stop for the bathroom in T2 I may have podiumed. This was my first olympic distance in 12 years, so overall I'm pretty happy. I promised myself I would be happy with anything under 2:30 and I did it. On to a HIM in the spring!