Waves were big. 10 feet+. Ocean was very choppy. I didn't even see the bouy until I was about 50 feet from it. Coming back in was even harder becuase I was tired and didn't want the waves to smash me into the sand. Only my 2nd ocean tri and I still got strong feelings of anxiaty and clostrophoic. Much better than my first ocean tri but I still need a lot of work with my mental state during the ocean swim

I am going to try picking up a sleeveless wet suit and see if I feel more comfortalbe in it. Other than that I don't know what I would do differernt other than find a way to get more experiance with ocean swims.

I was 138/354 in T1. I still think I can do better. I lost a lot of time getting my wet suit off because I let it drop too far when I was removing it at the end of the swim and my legs filled up with water. I had to stop and drain that out. Also I was so spent after the ocean swim it was hard to run through transition area.

Take wet suit off later in swim. Try to run through trans area.

I was happy with a overall finish of 83/354. I'm 49 and I am using a Hybrid bike.

Buy a road bike!!!

Still need to do better in trans.

work faster in trans area

Being my first tri of the year and the run being my weakest leg I felt good. I only wish they had mile markers on the course.

Try to run faster

Walking a half a mile to pick up my water bottle that fell off my bike.


The addition of 15 pounds since last summer