Being my first 1500 meter open water swim I think that overall the swim went well. It started off a little rough as i strated on the inside at tha back of the pack and had to slow my self down to stop from hitting other swimmers until i got to the outside of the pack and got a pace going. I had to stop every so often to get barings which really slowed me down.

I would work on my navigation as i had to stop to sight the bouy which really slowed me down. Also as i had to stop i did it as little as possible and probably added a significant amount to the swim by not following the course. Also I would work on drafting and open water simming as a whole. This was only my second open water swim and it is definatly a change from swimming in the pool where you have the wall to push off of. I would start on the outside and towards the middle of the back.

I took my time in the transition as my goal was only to finish and i did not want to go to fast and not beable too. My wetsuit got stuck on my heals and so i had to sit down to get it off. Also whne i got out to mount the bike i could not clip in for the first few seconds.

I need to work on this transition and getting out of my wetsuit. Every time i try to get it off it gets stuck on my heals and i have to stop and sit down to get it off. Also i need to work on the bike mounting. some Practice on jumping on the bike and cliping in would help a lot.

This is a very tough course if it is your first time doing an oly tri. It has significan climbs throug out the course. The bigest challenge is lynch rd which is right at the start of the bike and is farly long and very steep.

Work on hill climing so that I can do it faster.

I took my time in transition once again so that i could get a rest. my goal was to finish the race so i was in not hurry. When i got to the rack i sat down and put socks and shoes on. Then walked out of the transition area

Try out running with no socks. Finish bike by riding with feet on top of my shoes. Run in and out of the transition area.

This was a tough hilly course that really got to me. I had not done very many 6 mile runs and the ones that I had done were all flat. I walk most of the run with a very fast run on the down hill portion to the finish line.

Work on the bike to run transition more so my body is ready for that. Definatly run on more hills and get more 6+ mile runs in before racing.

I ate some a bunch of the food that they had offered at the finish line and then walked around the finish line. The was followed by some light streching and the 2 + mile walk up steep trails carrying my gear back to camp.


Insignifican traning for the run. Mentality of i am just here to finish so i took my time on some parts. Not enought work on the navigation for the swim.


This is an awesome race and i give it up to the cal poly students that voulenteered this year as they had to work long hours to make up for the students that backed out at the last second. It is a very tough course though which was probably a little above my level but it was an awesome race and i would recomend it to any one.