no swimming at all in august and very little in july. only goal was to not spend too much energy and try to stay smooth. third leg of the triangle had some chop coming into the wind, but otherwise a smooth ride.

tried to keep things dry but it was futile. wet wet wet.

good ride in the rain. goal was to beat last years split which was 2 hours flat over 2 laps. this year was 3 laps, so i hit my goal.
smartest move was leaving on my continental gator skin tires. i saw at least 6 flats on the course and the shoulder was very rough.

originally planned to take my time and put on some dry socks in t2, but the wife was screaming at me "c'mon this is T2!!! let's go!!!" so i just left the wet socks on and went. gave a high 5 to the 3 kids on the way out of transition and said "i'll see you in a couple hours!!".

I was happy with my run up until mile 11 when i ran into severe stomach pain. got through that and then ran into severe general pain! walked a few times in the last 2 miles, but finished strong.

great race. last years weather sucked and this year was marginally better. but it was my first HIM and I am very happy with my result.