I was out in front from the beginning. Mark Snowise caught me in the last few hundred yards, so I drafted him and we finished together.

I could have gone a little harder, I guess- but overall I felt good.

socks got bunched up on my wet feet. I think my Balega's are losing their soft stretchiness that used to make them so easy to put on. Using a size small would be better as well. Getting wetsuit off my heels didn't exactly go quickly. Had to fiddle a little with my bicycle helmet strap. Then, I didn't clip my right foot in property. It was half clipped in for the first mile.

Was surprised to feel my calves cramping so early, and my heart rate was 164 right out of the gate. Watched my HR closely this time - although I'm not sure that it helped. I think I do better based on feel. I was out in front from the start, but eventually got handily passed by 3 guys.



Not thrilled about my pace today. I really should have done at least 18.5mph and was hoping for 19mph. Maybe that swim took more out of me than I realized, or I took too much time off since my last ride?

No problems, but I'm sure I could take 10 seconds off this if I thought about it more. I had my garmin already moved to my wrist from the bike position, and already had my gloves off before I came in the chute. Got both shoes unbuckled and had one foot out, but couldn't get the other out. Not sure what my actual time was yet

Calves cramped up pretty good for the first 1/3 of a mile before they loosened up. Kept my HR in the low 160's which is above threshold. Gave it most of what I had left. Nobody next to me to race or pass- so no extra motivation there

hugged my daughter, drank some gatorade, ate 2 veggie burgers


This is a great little fun race. Just organized enough to pull it off. Thanks to Mark Snowise, and Stephan from Bike and Board for organizing the barbeque and volunteers. Well worth the $5 donation to the club. Simple, fun, friendly, casual.