Good swim. Started slightly to the left of the pack. No contact with a straight line to the bouy. I got to the first bouy with 2 others they went about 10' outside and I went to the inside and never saw then again. It felt I was swimming alone. On the way back the sun was in my eyes making it difficult to see the dock. Time includes run to transition, I was out of the water in 9.45.

Not much sighting was good, never went off course once.

Speed bumps right out of transition so you could not put your feet in your shoes until you past them.

Nothing, second fastest transition overall.

Crappy bike split. It seemed like I was putting out lots of effort for the speed I was going. Again it felt like I was all by myself. There was one guy about a .25 miles ahead of me that I never cought up to. I was passed by one person at mile 11 (turns out he won first overall). I was hoping for atleast 22.5 to 23. I have only been on the bike a few times in the last couple of weeks but thats not really an excuse.

Ride harder.

Brain freeze. Don't know what happened. For some reason or another I didn't do a flying dismount.

Also met mama bear working in transition. Had a nice little chat with her while I was putting on the run gear. Even the anouncer thought it was funny that I was talking to her while in transition.

Flying dismount.

Not to bad considering I suck at running and have not been running. My foot started to hurt on vacation and I did not get new shoes until I got back home. Ran in my new shoes for the first time at the race, 2 small blisters on the feet because of it.

Not have a hurt foot and train more before the race. Not wear new shoes for the first time in a race.

Drank water and gatoraide. Watch the others finish.


Lack of training over the last month.


Great race as usual. Organized and on time. Good food and a friendly atmosphere.