Good swim for me. I accomplished my goal to go sub 30 minutes. I was able to get in a groove and did a better job of drafting. Definately liked the 2 shorter laps opposed to one big one.

Transition was terrible - I couldn't get the wet suit off and actually ripped it some more. Looks like I'll need more duct tape. I felt like I was in transition for ever. The different gear didn't help either. My guess is that I lost about a minute here.

Ask Mrs. Claus for a new wet suit.

Great change of pace to race on the MTB. I accomplished my goal to go under 2 hours so I'm real happy with my time here. This made the race. The only real problem was that I failed to get water at aid station #2 and ran out before I had to climb through the burn area. A hot dry climb with no water - not smart.

Pay better attention to where the aid stations are and plan accordingly

Good Transition. Don't think I could do much better here.

Tough run but a fun course. My Garmin had the course quite short of 5 miles and there's no way I ran a sub 9 minute pace. Anyway, running well off the bike is where I need the most work.

More bricks, more bricks, more bricks.

Cooling off in the lake and spending time with the boys as we watched for Ocky and Brian.


As Ocky and were talking about - at the end of the day we were fortunate enough to race. For my 1st Xterra, this was a blast. Great to have the family, Ocky, Brian and Todd out there. Xterra will definately be a part of my future race schedule.