As usual, I started slow and then slowed down some more. At the start there was some confusion over the various waves and who should or should not be on the dock. There was no opportunity to warm up between waves. I knew I was swimming OK because I was constantly in a pack. All of the 90 degree turns seem to bunch everyone up. There was quite a bit of contact.

The buoys were very small and hard to see, I basically just followed the pack until I was right on the buoy. Also, not sure about the actual distance as it seems to vary from year to year.

Try to go out a little faster.

There is about a 1/4 mile run from the yacht club to T1 on pavement.

I got a little hung up putting on my jacket but I'm glad I did.

The bike was fun, didn't really run into very much traffic. I remember maybe 3 or 4 guys passing me. I went about as hard as I could on this course without taking too many chances.

I rode about as hard as I could. I don't see how I could squeeze more speed out of that course, but I will try next year to knock a few minutes off.

Get to T1 and someone had my spot so I had to move the other bike a little. Also, took off my jacket and that took a few extra seconds as well.

Maybe next year try riding in running shoes with toe clips, I don't think I would lose that much time during the bike.

Got my running legs pretty quickly and the weather was great, overcast and cool. I ran just about as hard as I could.

Nothing. I was near redline the whole time.

Walk around and waited for Bruce to finish. Talked to Kristi, Natalie and Holly.


The swim was slow as usual due to the traffic and pile-ups. I had some good drafting opportunities though. I thought my bike avg speed would have been higher it was just slightly faster than last year. I'm not sure how much faster I can ride that course. I did the best I could on the run.


This is my favorite race. Great location, great value, lots of fun, a REAL goodie bag w/Tshirt, beer tent, refreshments, etc. This is a fun grassroots-type race. It's been around for a while. Like they say, it is not a race, it's just for fun. A great race for a first timer or relay team. As a bonus, the results were online a few hours after the race.