The course looked long and seemed long swimming it. The chop wasn't too bad but on the long stretch back it seemed like we were going into a current. There were about 100 people in my wave and the wave behind me had over 100. Since I am an average swimmer at best I was most likely in the thick of it in my wave and I think pretty many people from the wave behind me eventually passed me. There was a lot of contact during most of this swim for me and I was doing battle just to stay afloat at times.

Maybe swim on the outside a little instead of taking the most direct route like everyone else seemed to be doing.

The course is mostly flat. When you get into town, tho, there are a lot of turns that can slow you down. They had several water bottle exchanges which I used and that worked out well.

This would have been better but chose to put sunscreen on. Next time I'll use the spray type instead of lotion.

Coming out of T2 I felt good and thought maybe I could put together a good run. I ran for about the first 2-3 miles and then it was like I was running out of gas. I also had some quad cramps that actually were worse when I walked, but I was so tired I couldn't get myself to run much. This turned into a pretty pathetic run very quickly. At about mile 4 I think I began wishing it was over. I'm actually surprised with all the walking I did that my time wasn't worse. oh, and there are 2 hills that are significant.

I'm sure I over cooked the bike, but even with a slower bike I'm not sure I would have been much under 2 hrs. in the run. This was my longest tri to date and in tough conditions, so overall not too bad.


well organized race.