The water was so frickin cold! For most of the course the entire field was walking. It was almost too cold to really swim at all. Very hard to get into any kind of a rhythm, could not get my breathing down at all cold was taking my breath away.

use vasaline to try and keep my face warm? Try and settle into a solid and comfortable rhythm.

Transition was pretty good. The wetsuit got stuck around my ankles and just did not want to come off.

Use a little more body glide to get the suit off easier? Other than that not much

The hill really killed me the last 2 times up. My calf started to cramp up on me. Tried to keep my cadence up but the fell off on the hill and just after. Could not settle into a comfortable gear and kept switching.

Increase my cadence and really focus in on settling into a comfortable gear. Work on hills more so that I can attack a little harder.

This was a good transition overall. I did drink a little gatorade even though I really didn't need to.

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I drank way too much on the bike and paid for it on the run. Just out of transition I felt sick to my stomach with a little heartburn thrown in there. Had a hard time settling into a decent pace and really did not find one until mile 2. Calf kept cramping up on me as well which forced me to walk more than I wanted to.

Really focus in on settling into a decent pace early.

Drank some water and talked with djdavey for a little. Got some food and water and walked around to stay loose.


Too much liquid on the bike, cramping on the run, and feeling sick out of T2.


The race overall was pretty good. The bike and run courses were very nice. The swim portion was a different story! The water was way to cold to be swimming in safely. The event organizers should have moved the bouys in closer to shore to make it safer. I can't tell you how many people were walking in a quitting due to the temp. Also a number of people were pulled in by lifeguards.