Not my best, but not my worst. I couldn't find a rhythm at first and wasn't breathing well. At the first buoy, I stopped and pulled the shoulders of my wetsuit up and that seemed to help a ton. My sighting and navigation wasn't great, as I seemed to be zig-zagging all over the place.
Otherwise, once I hit my groove, I felt great.

Check my wetsuit fit at start!

Had what I thought was a good transition. Got my suit off quick and easy, helmet and socks too.
Dropped the electrolyte tab I meant to take, and the snickers made me choke, but it was worth it.
We didn't get good racks, so I had to run though transition telling people to watch out, but overall, I was happy.

Better Racking. No socks????

MY HR was crazy high at start, but there seemed to be a little wind, so I wasn't worried about it. Used my new aero bottle in the bars so I didn't have to move to drink. That was AWESOME.
Rode hard, but not too hard into the wind and then had a GREAT time with the tail wind. I was going 28 at one point, and I think the max speed I measured was 29.
It started to rain a little on the bike, and I was thinking...didn't it say LATE afternoon? Little did I know.
Signage could have been better at 2 KEY locations, and they could have had a porta-potty at the water refills.

I think I could have ridden faster, but was really focused on keeping my legs as "fresh" as possible for the run. My last two races I had blown myself out.

I thought I did OK. Kept on a run the whole time. Legs and especially hips felt clunky, but I made it work. Again, poor rack selection, as the run exit was same as bike, no benefit in T2 at being so far down.

Better Rack position.

Why was everyone SO FREAKING FAST. I felt great about my bike and then I felt like everyone and their grandmother passed me on the run. However, I was determined to run MY race.
I found the signage a little lacking in places ,but it was nice to have water/gatorade every mile, even if it was self-serve.
I ran what I thought was reasonably hard, keeping my HR high. I waled 1 minute at most water stops.
I did manage a MASSIVE case of the stupids on the second loop. At one corner I stopped dead and couldn't for the life of me figure out which way to run. I mean, I had NO idea, even though I saw runners turning right. Thank goodness someone was close enough for me to ask and get started again.
Oh, and let me tell you about the Rain. It was like something out of a movie. We knew that a thunderstorm was expected, but this was CRAZY. Just after I started running, there was a MASSIVE, scare the kids and animals under the bed lighting strike with thunder.
Then, little by little we moved from a pleasant rain shower that would keep us all cools to a wow, I wonder where Noah has the Ark parked, because this is getting dangerous. I don't think I have EVER been so wet on a run. And still thirsty.

Run fast enough to catch Larry!

Fall down on ground and thank one of my training partners for making the race so great.
Get into the lake to cool off my legs for 10 minutes.
Stand around and get wet for 90 minutes.


Nothing, I ran the race I wanted to the way I wanted and beat my previous 1/2 Iron time by over an HOUR!
I think I could have gone faster, but I ran the race I wanted.


I had a great race, and so did a majority of the training team we brought. Overall, the race was a good, local race. I think it could have used the following:
1. Better signs on important turns on Bike and Run.
2. Additional port a johns-2 on bike and 1 on run.
Not sure what post-race would have been like, as we got rained out.
I am highly likely to go back next year.