I started out 12th, so I had mostly open water to swim in until the second loop. Then it got a little wild. Nothing like open water stuff though. I felt very strong the whole way. I did get run over by someone who thought a bouy was somewhere else. They climbed over me and then shortcut the bouy. Oh well. I really took it easy running through the sand and getting into and out of the water. I did not want to injure myself.

Nothing.

I had the hardest time getting clipped into my peddles. So this does not effect my T1 time because I was already out of transition. I got a belt for my number this year and that helped. I was 3 seconds slower than I was last year. This year I decided to put my bike shoes on and run with them to the transition exit. Last year I had my shoes already clipped to the bike and I ran barefoot to the exit and jumped on. 3 seconds, hum.

Nothing.

I pushed this pretty hard and was passing a lot of people. I knew they would be passing me in the run. So I figured I would have my fun now. The course was really wet and we had to be very careful in the turns. I slid through the finish line, which the officials did not like. I heard that some people wiped out at the finish.

Nothing.

Decent transition for me. 4 seconds slower than last year's T time. I think it is because I had trouble finding my parking spot. I had clipped out and ran with my bike shoes back to the rack. Last year I had run barefoot back to the rack and bruised the heal of my right foot on the asphalt. It had never quite healed up from that.

Nothing.

I have not run at all for a month now. So when I started to run, my legs were like WTF?!
I have been trying to recover from Plantars Faciitis for the last month, so I did not know what to expect of the run.
Legs felt terrible coming out of transition. So the first mile was hard. Felt like everyone was passing me. I was very much out of breath the first half of the run. I think it was the humidity. Mile 3 I heard foot steps behind me but they did not pass me. This made me feel better that I might be holding my own. The last mile was not too bad. Since I have run this race twice before, I knew how to pace myself for the distance. Coming over the bridge at the end a woman was dragging a keg on a dolly. She saw me coming and stopped to take my picture. :) I wonder where that is going to end up. Yea baby! What's up?

Nothing.

Water!!!


Humidity. Foot injuries.


They pulled the water station at mile 2 this year. Which messed me up. They also got the shirt order screwed up, so I was not able to get a shirt. They had beer, bagels, oranges, bananas, cookies, and pizza at the finish line. Also a live band and a whole bunch of raffles. Including a tri bike raffle. Nice!! This race continues to be a lot of fun for me. I am sure I will be back next year.

I got to meet daveo1101, jniekrasz and jowisc out there. Very cool.

This was my next door neighbor's first triathlon. I saw here at the beginning and she could not figure out how to put her wetsuit on. She looked scared to death. I helped her get it on (the wetsuit) and helped her find the right place in line. Saw her at the end and I think she is hooked. I think I will point her to BT.