Started front and far. I found a rhythm really good, no crowd, nothing, yay!!! That was short lived as the current pushed me to the pack. It was mad- lots of breaststrokers, sidestrokers, even people giving up. It was rough. I handled it pretty well, I think, rounded the buoys and sprinted out. My watch was about to come off in the home stretch so I just grabbed it and swam with it in my hand. Even got across the top rectangle part without going off course against the current!

try not to get sucked in the swim mob. I was so good the first couple hundred yds till current pushed me intot he crowd.

I went to the wrong spot!!! Found my spot, and realized I dropped watch and goggles and cap at the wrong spot. So went back and retrieved them, this wasted so much time! Lots of bikes still there so I felt great.

Duh. Make sure I get to the right spot. Never happened before, so I guess once it's done, won't happen again, right?

two loop course. Not bad, lots of blocking. I passed lots of folks. Lost a water bottle on second lap trying to put it back in the holder.
I did not see ONE USAT Marshal out on that course!! Where were they????

Go faster. This was only 12 seconds faster than last year's time.

only got out of one shoe. oop. Ran with one bike shoe.

get out of shoes earlier.

It was hot by now. I was really hoping for an improvement here, but just 39 seconds faster. I'll take it though. Faster is faster, right? It's the same course. Last one was raining and this one was HOT! I hadn't done any bricks in a month, so hammy cramped up. I walked a couple times but not as much. I did, however, make a kick ass sprint to the finish!

Run faster. Stop walking so damn much.
No gatorade at water stop, but Cytomax. I didn't like it. It was cold, but not good, kind of bitter. I downed one in the hopes it'd ward off my leg cramps, sort of did.

walked around. No great food choices. Just had nanners, grapes, and H2O.


I have some sort of fear of running fast.


I originally thought my swim time was 4 minutes faster, but I was thinking of another race. oop. It was just a minute faster than last year's.
Overall I"m happy with it, I finished more near the top half, just 3 off my AG for top half. Overall wasn't so bad either. So I'm a solid MOP now, I guess? I'm moving on up!