The aquatic center is made of up of two very large swimming areas. We swam the perimeter of the larger swimming area. The water was very warm and I didn't bother to wear a wetsuit for such a short swim. We all waded into the swimming area, warmed up a bit and then it was off to the races. I wasn't positioned very well, but that didn't matter as it didn't take long for the good swimmers to seperate from the not-so-good swimmers.



My sighting wasn't very good. This can only get better with experience.

There were no individual section times. So I don't know how I did in any given area.

Nothing, seemed to go well overall.

The bike route was well laid out. We basically biked around the dam area. My buddy got a flat about 200 yards in. He was bummed out. I was not ready yet for such a hard ride. One rider passed me and I passed two riders. So not too bad in my book.

Train more, I hadn't put any serious bike training in since before California. All of my training has been running and swimming and I fealt it.

Nothing to report. T2 was smooth. In both transitions I went sockless.

Nothing.

This was the first time that I did a complete trail run. It was different. I let the guy that was about 20 meters behind catchup and then we talked for about a mile. After a mile he didn't have anymore gas in the tank, so I left him. Good hard run, I gained lots of ground on the guy in third, but still ended up about 100 yards behind.

Lack of bike training.


The race was perfect for what it was. It was a low-key event that was close to home and only costed $25. It was the best race I've run. Great value to fun ratio. I really hope the race director makes it an annual event. He did a great job on a small budget.