Holy crap that was a long swim, thought I was doing ok felt good and comfy till I looked at watch at orange bouey and saw 27:10 I thought I was around 20 min or so… I was trying to stick to reach and gluide the whole way, well at that point I was just trying to get out of water, I did and heard and saw Cassie standing there rooting me on!!! Got out of water and felt kinda good except my time, but off I went…my goal was 45 min(with a wetsuit) think swim was a little longer than 1.2 ???

Not sure.... wear a wetsuit...

Very uneventfull.. all went well…

notta thing

Went out feeling well, very well. Kept power where I wanted to for sure even a few numbers higher maybe, and felt good, saw my buddy Steve a mile 5 and hung with him and he said “Go race your race see ya at finish” so I did, the volunteers were AWESOME, just wish the water was Cold somehow instead of warm water, I only brought my nutrition on bike and used water at aid stations, did spot on with nutrition, with help from Denise (Imodium, love it) had in T1 and also at bike finish. The bike was really good except my power meter computer thing stopped at mile 30, so had no clue where I was with that stuff but felt good and had a lot left in tank for run, which was nice….ALot of great people out there on course and all talking having fun out there, the head wind started at I think 40-50 markers, wind my 4 letter word for biking!!!! Very pleased with this effort as my goal was 2:55

dug a little deeper and harder at end...

Feeling real good, had legs under me and I got pointed in wrong direction for run out, no worries I just turned around and went back the other way mistakes happen….I should have known where to go… good lesson learned

known where run out was...

Went put with fuel belt on with 4 nutrition bottles, note to self only 2 next time… Oh yeah with Imodium as well!!! Went out and plan was 9 min pace and I was on track till I stopped at aid stations to get water and ice then motored up again, got caught by a couple people but I passed a lot more than I got caught by, loved the party with the been bags and volleyball, great toons…. The little kids spraying us with water, great support out there, then you get to the quiet places with no shade and just the road ahead, but you had a lot of great volunteers with all the ice and water you needed, and some other stuff I didn’t use… the out and back was fun to see so many familiar faces and rooting everyone on, I walked aid stations and wish I hadnt, but another good lesson learned… finally I had to stop and pee (which was a good sign) I couldn’t hold it anymore. I really felt good on way back in and at the end I took off my fuel belt tossed to side for that good finish photo and was so HAPPY running down that finish shoot with the crowd and all…

Run through aid stations and learn to frink as I run...

went to fire truck and got doused with the hose to cool down...


Heat and no wetsuit


Overall I was thrilled!!!! Was shooting for 6 Hr mark but damn those were some off tough conditions with the heat. Finished 15/38 in Clydesdale and I had 3rd fastest run in Clydesdale!!!!! I definitely would like to be blessed to this event next year. Thanks to all the volunteers, to BPC for your great coaching you guys are awesome!!! Congrats to Kona qualifiers and Clearwater!!!!! To my wife Cassie, Thanks for being my # 1 supporter, my friends that say get your ass in the water, and that made me believe I am getting better, my family tracking me, you all are the best… until next time, I am off to continue my training for IMLP this year!!! Have Fun or don’t do it…. C ya!!!!