THe swim was fine, they changed the race to a time trial race instead of a wave start, which wold have been nice but they did not seen anyone by their swim time, just their numbers. So that meant the start was nice but it got bottled up at the finish. It was nice to be able to find a line to swim right off the bat, but the sun was shining right in front plus the reflection off the water mae sigting diffucult on the first buoy. I really thought I was swimming faster than my time reflected, was actually slower than last year!

work on sighting, maybe try and speed it up some more.

I realized just how much of a tenderfoot I really am! Running up from the swim on the concrete killed my feet! Oh Well!. T1 went a hell of a lot better than last year, as I have really simplified what is in T1. The actual transition would have been faster if I had not had torun so far to get to my bike.

Need to learn to run with bike and jump on it

The bike went fairly well as I was prepared for it this year, still got passed by too many people, but then I am passing people this year. The hills on this race were tougher than I imagined. Again, I was able to get shoes off and pedal to the dismount line, which helps. I had a gel on the bike cause I could feel a twinge in the calf, so I did try to drink, but I know it was not enough.

need to get an aero drink thingy! I think better nutrition would help me on the bike. Also need to work on runnign and getting on the bike out of T1

T2 went fairly well, no complaints there.

nothing, except get there faster!

The first mile was a bitch! Not sure why but it literally defeatedme so much that I had to start pickig little goals ( make it to the corner, just to the ridge, etc...) After the first mile though I finally got my running leggs and it started getting easier to run, just had to break through that first 8 minutes. The locals sat out on their yards and would spray the awaterhose over the road, which helped jar you back into race mentallity!

Still need to work on running after biking, get those running legs back quicker and I want to speed up! I would like to get under 8 minutes miles on a triathlon sometime! But, I am still happy with my time.

Grabbed some water and a Coke, walked around talking to other racers.


hills and that first mile of the run! Have to work on that!


I beat last years time by 15 minutes! So it is a new PR, and you know I love me some PR's! I like this race and will continue to do it again.