I had a great swim. This is my third OW swim, and the first two I just concentrated on getting through them. This race I decided to actually race it a bit. I thought about my strokes and really got into a good rythm. I would have liked to draft, but I wasn't around anybody going my speed.

The water was brown (like Louisiana water), but about halfway into my swim I realized that I hadn't even thought about the water quality. I was busy working my plan!

Nothing

I honestly don't know how people can do a sub-one minute transition. I put on helmet, glasses and shoes and ran to the mount line.

Nothing

While I am improving, the bike is by far my weakest leg. I just concentrated on staying at race pace--not too hard, not too easy. At last year's race there was only one woman in my AG so I thought going into this that I had a chance to place. At about 1 mile into the ride, two women in my AG flew past me. Hmmm. At about mile 6 another AGer passed me. Hmmm. The pack was pretty spread out due to a two wave start, but dang, I only passed a 12 YO girl and a guy riding a mountain bike.

Not much. All you can do is race to your ability and those women in my AG were fast!

HOw can a T2 be slower than a T1?

Put race belt on while running.

I pushed it hoping I could catch somebody in my AG. Never did, but I passed quite a few out there. When it got tough, told myself to "Suck it up, Buttercup."

Thankfully a woman in my AG took overall winner so I came home with a really nice plaque.

Nothing.

I always forget to warm down. Ate a slice of pizza, had a bit of hamburger and a beer chaser!


I honestly think I raced to my potential.


This was a very, very, very nice race. It was well organized, well officiated, and they had lots of post race food for the entire family. Top overall and AG winners received $$$ in addition to their hardware. I would highly encourage anyone reading this to put this on their must-do list if they can.

Schwag: T-shirt, plastic cup, hat made with 'coolon'fabric, and a canvas camp chair.