The swim is my stongest part of the race. I allways feel good in the water and the hitting and getiing hit by others does not bother me. The early crowding slowed me down a bit but I felt good. I opted not to wear a wet suit and maybe I could have been a little faster, but who knows.

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Again no wetsuit, but I take a extra little time here to put socks on. So I threw my shoes, socks and shirt on along with my new helment and off I went.

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It was a pretty nice bike course. It was very crowded with other riders for the most part and you had to be careful not to draft. But I guess with 600 entrants and only 12 miles to ride that is going to happen.

Felt I did well here jumped off got my running shoes on quick and out the gate.

Well the heat had all ready started rising by this point so the water stop right at the start of the run was welcome. I knew because of the heat it would be a slower run. Around the first mile we had a nice hill that i was able to pass several folks who opted to walk up it. I had been trying all race to catch a buddy of mine who I work with. I could see him before we started up the hill and knew I could catch him. At the 1.5 mile we hit another water station and headed for home.I ended up catching my friend with about 1/2 mile to go, he had a 6 minute head start (he was in an early wave). ran with him and then he took off, not wanting me to beat him across the line, I just kept my pace and kicked it the last 100 yard or so.

Water, water, stood under the water, sports drink, BBQ.