I figured that I was going to start inthe front right along the buoy. I got right into a grove as soon as they blew the horn to start. There was not much jostling in the water. I caught up to the earlier waves and had to avoid some of the earlier waves of swimmers. At about the third buoy the skies opened up and the rains came hard. All I could do was think abot my bike and run shoes that were left uncovered, but there was nothing that I could do about that at that point. Hit the turn around feeling good and I feel like I stayed on course with my sighting the whole time. The last buoy into the beach felt like I would never get there.

Not much this swim was 10 minutes faster than the OWS I did in LB on Labor Day.

Regular transition, I saw Bobby (DreamChaser) on our way out onto the bike course.

In my opinion the course was a bit hilly, but that is just my opinion. I started off feeling good on the bike and then the hills came. I had not ridden outside since TOBAY and had never ridden in the rain before. As usual I got passed by quite a few people on the hills. I was able to hit over 20 mph on many parts of the course. At about mile 15 the skies opened up again. You had to take many of the turns with caution because of the wet conditions. The weather made for a memorable experience.

As much as I got passed, I am happy with my time. I figured that it would take my 1:30. I have never avg over 18 mph before, so I'll take it.

3:41!!!!!!!!! I don't tknow what I was doing, I thought I got out of there pretty quickly :(

Move faster.

As soon as I hit the run I knew I had to make up for some lost time on the bike. I started passing people immediately. I would set my sights on someone ahead off me and slowly reel them in. It was humid on the run and the last two miles were tough. I wish it would have been raining while I was runniong.

Nothing.

As soon as the race ended I saw Bobby and we talked for about 30 minutes since they were not letting anyone into transition until the last bike came in off the course. At some water, fruit and a bagel. I took a nice cold ice bath when I got home.


I need to focu more on building a good base for the bike.


This was a great race. I wish the sun was out to be able to enjoy the scenery that the course offered. The rain made the event much more memorable for me. This was my first OLY distance and I was hoping to finish in under 3 hours. The firat thing I thought as I crossed the finish line was "This was the most difficult thing that I have ever done." It was a great endding to my 2nd year of doing tri's, I enjoy the OLY distance much more than I thought I would. I will be back next year. I am glad that I didn't sign up for the Montauk HIM, I have got alot of work to do this winter.