Overall improvement of 3 minutes 8 seconds over last year. First time in a wetsuit and the combination of wetsuit and salt water buoyancy was great. I somehow started too far to the left and made the course longer. The course was very well marked with big buoys and little ones in between. I have old prescription goggles and am typically a poor navigator. My turns were wide and I didn't swim a good line but I will take the improvement. My 2 buddies started out 5 minutes behind me and caught me at the shore. My wife beat me by 6 seconds !! Way to go Marcy!

My new goggles were sitting on my porch when I got home from the race, the old ones are scratched and leak a little so new goggles and practice open water swimming and sighting.

Lost 43 seconds to last year. Took wetsuit off on the bench approaching my bike. Run to bike was longer, but run out shorter, so no explanation.

Practice taking the suit off although I don't know if I will get to race in it again around here.

Improved by 8:24 over prior year, but I was hoping for a little more. Started out strong and passed my 2 buddies back from the swim in the first 5 miles. The road started out a little bumpy and the bike traffic was heavy but I was feeling strong. I felt strong until about the 30 mile mark, I got caught behind an ambulance at the turn around and my turn around was almost a complete stop. The ride back was a little tougher and the wind seemed to be more of a headwind than on the way out. Not sure how we had headwinds both ways! I struggled a little but I didn't let up. When we crossed the major highway (98) I got run off the road by a Winnebago, they made a last minute move into the turning lane and I had to ditch into a parking lot. Almost hit 2 spectators and bounced in a pothole pretty hard. Can't believe I didn't crash and didn't flat but I looped around the parking lot and got back on course. The near accident pumped me up and I pounded home to T2, took my feet out of the shoes before transition and exited safely and quickly. Someone in front of me had crashed at the line but I wasn't close to it. Thank you Fortuna for the good luck!. My wife beat me by 48 seconds, wow!! That hasn't happened in a year!

Bike was good, I got a new bike in January and am still adjusting position. I got plenty of miles of base but I have been tinkering with the seat height and probably changed it a little too close to the race. I also didn't get my last to long bikes in because of races and weather (shame on me). Might need to work on nutrition a little more for this distance. Also, I will be extra careful around Winnebago's on the course.

1 minute and 10 seconds better than last year, got back the time lost in T1 and then some. No issues well done. I finally take a split from my wife by 50 seconds.

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13 minute and 27 second improvement !!!! Yes !!!!!!! Running is a struggle for me but I am improving. The weather probably helped versus last year but I am thrilled with the improvement. Was 5 minutes faster the first 6 and 8 on the back half. Buddies passed me in mile 3, mile 5, and mile 7 and stopped and kissed wife on mile 5. I have two bad ankles and at mile 9 they really started to hurt. I walked a total of 4 minutes in mile 10 and 11 but then gave myself a talk and finished with no more walking. Oh yeah, Marcy beat me by 7:45 on the run but that is not a surprise.

Like the bike, long runs fell off in the last month. Only ran to 10 once. I think I need to run to race distance and I have to schedule better for this distance of a race to permit me to run stronger. I also need to work on nutrition here.

Sat down for a minute after finish line, then found my cheering wife and shared a brief recap. We had a great day. Went to the massage area and was able to get a massage within 15 minutes. They had such a big crew of massage therapist.


Mostly my feet and my poor run. I had a good base but neglected distance in the last month so I could do a couple of sprints. Probably need help with nutrition for this distance.


Great Trip, all of crew finished with PR's, no injuries, no penalties.