There were no splits being taken for this race so I can't compare my time to everyone else but I do know that I must have been passed by 30-40 people on the swim. I probably would have been 1-2min faster if I had worn my wetsuit. I was about 12th into the water after the initial 1000m run down the beach but judging by how many people I passed on the 5k run I probably got my doors blown off in the water. The water was definitely colder in the ocean than the bay around the corner where I've been training.

Learn to swim faster!!!

Quick transition, no wetsuit.

Nothing

No splits for the rest of the racers but I passed 30-40 people and probably had one of the top 5 runs for the day overall. Turns out the guy who won the AG finished just ahead of me...about 50m. I just didn't have enough real estate to catch him. I was eating people up all along the way and he was next in my sights. He had about 100m on me at the 3-mile mark so I had 160m to close 100m...it just wasn't going to happen. I only ran 6:06 pace for the 5k which is a little slower than I had hoped for but not too bad. I should be able to go sub-6min pace.

If I had known that 1st in my AG was just in front of me a little sooner I might have been able to summon a little something extra but otherwise I ran a decent race. Not as fast as I would have liked but probably one of the fastest of the day.

lots of water on my head and 10min of walking.


I SWIM SLOW!!!


This race is a memorial to a Navy Seal who was killed a few years back...I believe he was the first to win it. Since it's supporting auch a good cause they have lots of good sponsors and lots of cool door prizes. I won a $150 Hydrastorm Matrix backpack. They also gave away abunch of $100 gift certificates for Xterra wetsuits, Bolle sunglasses, cases of Red Bull, T-shirts, gift certificates to local restuarants...tons of quality stuff. Top 3 places in each division got really nice wooden mugs with the race info carved into them. How about that...a useful prize! This race gets 2 thumbs up.