Hot, hot, hot. Water temp was in the 90's. I thought I had a good swim, sighted perfect, never got bumped till the end where the earlier wave was finishing. Thoroughly dissapointed in how I finished.

I would have skipped the tri-suit if I had realized how hot the water was.

It's a long run from the swim exit to TA, I passed a few people on the way. Good transition, no problems.

Not much to do different, looking at the other times I was right up there.

The bike was better this year for me than last year. Passed a bunch of people, none in my age group of course. Coming back on 55 got passed by a big pack of riders in the wave behind me and 2-3 in my AG. Remebered that I suck at biking.

Just like the swim, I was suprised at the bike time, I thought it was better. But at least I did not loose any positions.

Good second transition, no problems.

Right near the top as far as time goes, so not much I could do different.

Felt good on the run, left transition with another guy in my AG and kept up with him for about 1/2 of the run, then he was gone!

Probably could have pushed it harder on the run. Made the mistake of figuring that I was in the top 10 in my AG and did not see anybody close enough to catch, and nobody close enough to catch me.

Stretched, had a bannana and some gatorade. Hung out till about 9:30 then went back to work.


Not sure what happened on the swim, the bike was right based on my ability and the run was good.


Took 3 minutes off of last year, 1 minute in each of the 3 sports. Really wanted a top ten finish. My same time on Sunday's race would have been good enough for 6th.
Looking forward to some time off.