Good swim for me. Not a lot of contact. Sighting was pretty easy with it being overcast at the start and with several buoys to sight off of.

nothing given my current fitness...need to get faster though.

no problems..middle of the pack for my age group.

Maybe go sockless but I haven't tried that yet in training.

About 2/3's into the race I braked going around a corner. The rear brake on my DA4 started rubbing the tire. I thought about stopping but there were people right behind me. Stupid me...should have found a place to stop because it trashed my legs. Stopping would have cost me 20-30 seconds .... could have made that time up with free rolling wheel and fresher legs for the run.

see above

7th out of 18 ... not bad.

Legs were trashed to start the run. See brake issue above. The hills beat me to a pulp. I was hurting pretty bad at mile 1. I finally found a stride I could live with at mile 2 and pushed it toward the end.

The brake rubbing issue with the bike caused problems on the bike and run. Bike fitness/pacing was probably an issue too since I spent most of the early season gearing up for my first marathon.

Watermelon, orange slices, water, soda, beer...it was starting to get warm!


Early season marathon limited my cycling. Equipment issues caused some problems. I need to find some extra speed on the run.


They put on a spread post-race spread with plenty to eat and drink. I'll be back.