Great swim! Lined up to the closer to the outer side. I sprinted into the water this time in hopes to get some clear water in front of me. I swam straight out instead of angling toward the first buoy. Glad that I did...didn't have to manuever around anyone for the first portion. At the turn someone swam over my back, but otherwise it was incident free. I caught up to a lot of guys in the wave ahead of me. The water was very crowded at the final turn to come into shore and I "scooped" a couple people out of my way.

The run on the sand to transition area was torture! So LONG!

Nothing! This was my favorite part of the day!

Still need to work on shaving time off here. I wasn't well organized due to the long potty line before the race.

Get the pull ties for my shoes so I don't have to take the time to tie them. Make sure my watch is ready.

I thought I did great on the bike, so I was bummed to see that I dropped from 13th in the swim to 26th on the bike.

I HAVE to learn better cycling techniques!

They don't show our T2 time. I know it was fast because I simply took off my helmet and racked my bike.

Nothing...it was great!

I am such a slow runner. The first 1/2 mile felt terrible. I was thinking to myself how stupid running was. I had a pretty bad side stich. I'm not sure why since I didn't really drink on the bike. I watched people pass me on the run but I just didn't have it in me to keep up with them.

I need to spend the winter learning to run faster.

I need to learn more about bike racing.


I enjoyed the race and am looking forward to doing it again next year.