Mass start and it was a riot. I had a great time. Got kicked several times elbowed a few times but probably kicked and threw a few elbows myself. It was soooo exciting. The race to the first buoy was so much fun. I loved it. Both frustrating and exciting. I'm looking forward to my next mass start already. Overall a great swim for me. The time included the 120M run down the beach for the second lap and about 100 m up hill run to the transition site. My overall swim time would have been considerably lower than stated above. Likely under 2.00 minutes per 100 m.
4 minutes off last years time

Maybe start a little closer to the front. I could have gone a little faster if I had been able to draft behind some faster swimmers. Overall I was very happy with the swim.

Overall a smooth transition. No issues at all.
last years t-1 2:12. I think the difference was in the placement of the timing mat. It was slightly closer to the swim finish this year.

Take off my swim goggles.

head wind going out but felt good. kept a good cadence but maybe too low a gear. felt good on the way out but the hills were once again my nemesis on the way back. I carried good speed into the hills but dropped gears too quickly and had to pump my way up them. Coming back on the flat was great. Tailwind and I felt like I was flying down the road. At least until several people with tri bike literally blew past me. damn those good bikers :) 2 minutes faster than last year

Train more

very good transition.

Maybe take off my swim goggles.

Very hot by the time we got to the run.The sun was blazing down. I looked at my watch leaving transiton and knew I had to do a PB to get under 3 hours which was my target time for the race. Also as I was leaving tranistion I felt something bouncing around my neck and realized I was still wearing my swim goggles. Took them off and was going to throw them towards the fence but didn't want to lose them. Tucked them into my race belt and kept going. I realzed about 3 K into the run this was not going to be my day for a running PB. I was tired already. As I wasn't going to hit my goal I moved to the second goal which was beating last years time. Overall considering how tired my body felt the time wasn't that bad. I still did better than the previous year. 2:30 faster than last year.

Take my swimm goggles off in the first transiton. I am blaming my non PR run on carrying all the extra weight of my swim goggles. They probably slowed me down on the bike too. (wind resistance).
Train better.

poured water over my head. drank some . wandered around a bit and talked to some of the other peeps from the tri club.


Poor training habits. With coaching the Tri clinc we had I simply did not put in enough time for my own training. No excuses.


another very well run race. The only thing I would like to see differently is to have a single loop for the swim. The lake is easily big enough to handle it.