After making the mistake of starting in the middle of the group during the Loggerhead, I decided to start on the up current side of the group, right at the waters edge. Had a real clean swim and allowed the slight current to take me right into the north side of the first buoy. Continued south, passing numerous people with different colored caps, and had a strong finish to the beach. I felt I did about as good as I could have done, swimming in clean water the entire course. Course was definitely longer than 400 yards.

Nothing. I was very happy with my strategy of staying clear of the pack. I lost a lot of time at the Loggerhead by getting caught up in the sea of humanity fighting for position to the first buoy. Will never do that again!!

After crossing the timing pad I walked a fast pace to the transition area. Didn't want to put anymore stress on my bad knees by running in the sand. I felt much more relaxed in this transition than I did at the Loggerhead. I have LG Tri Lite shoes and they slip on real easy with just one strap. I also never felt bothered by the sand on my feet, as I didn't even know the shoes were on.

Nothing.

Got up to speed pretty good out of transition and was at 16 going up the first climb. On the downhill side I got up to 32. My legs felt pretty good until the third turn around and then started to feel tired. Hitting the bridge again coming into the finish I slowed to 13 and felt lucky to be doing that. On the downside I got up to 27. Overall, I did much better than the Loggerhead, so I feel like the race was a success.

I need to do more bridge work.

My son (11) did the run leg, so my work was done!! He was not at the rack when I entered the transition area (was waiting to see me coming in and missed me), so we lost a few seconds there.

Tie my son to the rack!

My son finished strong and said he probably could have gone harder. It was only his second 5K, so he's learning. He and his friend were the youngest competitors in the event.

The low rating is do to the inaccuracy of the distances and the lack of post race activities. With the technology available distances should be pretty accurate.