I started to swim toward the right hand-side and stayed that way. My first two hundred yards were very controlled and I did not feel panicked nor stressed. As we got past the cove I noticed that the waves picked up, but they did not seem substantial.

During the middle part of the swim, I did a great job of focusing on different parts of my stroke--including front quad swimming. I did a great job of sighting. Only once did I need to make a significant correction.

As we headed to the Tiburon cove the waves/currents started to pick-up again. It seemed counter intuitive that that would happen. As I headed to the exit, I ran into a dock post! Nice. I got out and was sort of surprised that I was as slow as I was.

In talking with others this seemed to be a more diffcult year from a current perpsective.

1. Not do my swim race rehearsal the week of the event--but is was a great practice for IM.
2. Maybe line-up more toward the center.

Grabbing water. I walked around and talked to Mike Phillips, Roger and his wife Betty.


Great race--everything was well run with the exception that they ran out of food at the end of the race. However, I was one of the last