The swim was the last segment and i really liked the swim here. The water was calm and little current. It was a very nice swim.

T1 was actually coming in form the run and onto the bike

I love the bike in this position, because i am so bad at the run, i passed a bunch of people on the bike and knew i was not anywhere near DFL

This was bike to swim

I forgot my goggles, and swam without them - for 400m it is not that big a deal

I started out with the gorup and looked at my watch and saw a 10minute pace - i knew i couldn't hold that so i puled up to 11:30 and the pack just took off ahead of me - i was dfl. It does not feel good to be there.I had a feeling some other people would be dropping back as hey probably got caught up in the herd pace. Sure enough by 1.5mile i had a little compay, but very little mayeb two or three people. I did as well as i should expect having done veery little training for this one.

Train

Came out of the water and had some beverages and bananas


The postrce party was geld out on the lawn at naples beach hotel which is beautiful. They had a band and a full breakfast buffet done by the hotel - eggs, pancakes, bacon, all served on linens - i was impressed. Too bad i filled up on bananas and couldn't eat the good stuff.

I really enjoyed this race as it was not a complete ballbuster and i was able to enjoy the rest of the day