When I entered the water I totally lost my breath..This was a first for me..I could not get a stroke going for the first three to five minutes..After finally regrouping I was able to get going and put a decent stroke together..Started passing some people so that made me feel a little better.That was longest 1640 yards of my life according to my Garmin it was a lot longer..

Buy a wetsuit..for sure...The swim training I lost due to my shoulder injury was a factor also..

Overall good T1 time for me. Helmet, sun glasses, grab the bike...gone.

Felt good on the bike, was able to get into shoes for the first leaving them on the bike..Maybe could have pushed myself a little harder, was able to make up some ground on the bike by passing others.Felt I did well on the climbs.One 20oz bottle with Heed for nutrition.

Train more to maintain a higher speed average,but know where to save the legs for the run.

I went through the process quickly and got to running as fast as I could. Everything was setup perfectly.Just struggled with my left shoe getting it on, to much body glide on the tongue..lost a few seconds .also no socks on the run..

I am very proud of the run. I am a new runner (started May 2010 from zero after knee surgery). The best 10k time I've put together..Was able to maintain good pace and then dig deep at the end for a push to the finish.Felt good to put this time together..

Continue to train harder and get my run times down.

A little light stretching and talked to some friends of mine that came for support..


Overall I felt I had a great race, I went in with a goal of being in the 2 30s however with the swim time I posted it made that goal hard to reach.I will learn from it and move forward.Still not bad even with a grade 2ac joint separation.


This was a great race I will do it again next year and might do the sprint they hold in August..