I'm not used to going through breakers so it was a little difficult getting through them (seemed like they went forever) and I think I swam through 2 groups ahead (we all had the same color cap so it was hard to say). Tried to surf the waves coming back in instead of using my legs as I was way out of breath from "run/swim" on the outbound part. Felt like I paced pretty well. Stuck to the outside and open water instead of fighting the previous waves of swimmers. Got congested only around the 1st bouy. Looking through the female results I was slow 21/68.

Hmmm...not sure. I felt I was well prepared but in hindsight I should have swum more in the (12 m) pool when we had rough weather instead of sitting out the swim.

I probably sucked in transistion but honestly I was happy. Run up the beach, up the stairs, sit down and take off top, put on bike jersey (struggel with zipper and keeping stuff from dumping out of pockets), get sand off feet, socks and shoes on, run through the rest of transition (we oldies were at the very start of transistion) and mount just outside transition. Not too much running to do thankfully.

I guess figure out different top - I got badly chafed with the run/swim top I chose.

i was happy with the bike. I wanted to average 30km/hr and that is just about what I did. I wanted to go easy on the bike to save myself for the run but I honestly could not keep my HR out of the 150s for the 1st loop, under 140 for the 2nd loop and only got under 140 on the downhills. We had rain and by the 5th loop dry pavement. Saw 2 good crashes. Judges were Very Stingent on breaking up packs and discouraging drafting. I was very pleased to see that as we're used to drafting here and it was hard not to. I had 2 bottles of Cytomax (1 scoop each) and came back with 1/2 bottle left over, drank 1 liter of water and had a TON of Poweraid. Pee should be blue now. Not one female passed me on the bike - from any age group. I tried to hold back for the run but it was really hard to do that.

Not sure. Bring another Cliff bar. There was only liquid nutrition on the course even though they said they'd have powerbars. Luckily I brought a Cliff bar and GU with me.

Yelled for access to the bathroom area, ran down, peed, changed into running shorts, yelled for access back into transition, grabbed 3 gels and hat and waterbottle (with Electrolit) and headed out.

Wish for a bathroom in transition.

I Gallowalked 9 min run and 45s to 1min walk. Worked AWESOMELY! I'm really happy with my time but LOTS of room for improvement. :) I was shocked when I found I was actually passing some people. By last 6km or so my hips were killing me along wiht the balls of my feet (friction) and my son Jesse ran with me the last 6 km or so. I kept looking for people in my age group but never saw any. Seemed like the run took forever. :) I wish I'd had more nutrition on the run. Ate pretzels and drank poweraid and had 3 GUs.

train more. This was the first time I went over 12km or so.

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AMAZING for a first event! The run course was INCREDIBLY stocked for the heat and the course. I do wish they had powerbars (bike) and GU (run) as they had advertised though.