I had to pee and or other before the swim but I was already in line to get in. I couldnt bring myself to pee int he pool since the proximity was so close- so I held it. I had a good swim. They waited to clear 2 lanes in front of me. There was one woman in front of me, #151- not like I'm calling her out , when they did this. She was released...and then me shortly after. I caught her with 70% effort at about 15 meters with a foot smack. She got to the wall, turned and kept going. I stood up and let her get distance so I could could begin my swim again. I caught her halfway and just drafted and foot smacked every other stroke to make a point. She got to the wall and kept going! Pissed now, I ducked the lane rope and sprinted to the other side passing her intentionally violent, and tapped the other side flipped and I was off a good 4-5 strokes before she even to the other side. I had clear water almost the whole way until the last lane, I saw a guy behind me gaining. He must have passed the lady too. I sighted with 6 strokes left to the end and popped out by the ladder and was off on my trot.

seed myself faster as some people didnt do this correctly.

There was a decent trot to my bike so i kept fast footing it to maintain my trot. I was slower at getting the shoes on but oh well. I trotted out and flying mounted easily. My right shoe did NOT want to clip in...ugh, I was off..

press harder as I was not pushing myself- and lost final rank because of this!!!

Once I got on the bike I hammered and never stopped. I was passing all sorts of people. I was kind of evilishly snickering the whole time... I hope that's not bad juju. I'd see a grouping on the horizon and would mumble to myself, you're mine and interval the hill in full sprint and pass them at a fast clip. The downhills were no different- I pressed hard and would jet by the slower cyclists.

Dismount was good. Ran through T...forgot where my row was ( it was further down than anticipated. Shoes with laces SUCK!!! I plopped my foot in and the lace had gotten tucked in too, so fought it and the lace was sticking to my wet foot and wouldnt release, and when I tried to pull my foot out the insole would begin to come out!! I saw a lady I had passed on the way in leaving T so I wasn't letting her pass me!!

Fast feet out of T2 really brought me up to speed. I passed the lady in the out chute, saw Jennifer at the bike mount, and was up to speed with strong legs and a stronger pace! the hills to come wold be a challenge. The downhills I shuffled fast and kept my speed up pretty good. I was making my approach to the lowest point in the course when I saw Doug (easily recognized in his Punisher suit). He mentioned earlier at the beginning of the race that he was pushing to run the whole course- and I thought to myself that if Doug can do it, I can do it...as he passed, he yelled out "To the pain!" which got a smirk out of me. My stride was healthy and my speed was good up the hills. I'd gulp n splash the aid stations. At the turn around I forced down a Gu before I hit the water table to dissolve it better and off I went. I looked at the watch and my time was phenomenal. I raced on passing people most of the way. I felt almost Craig Alexanderish but way slower! this whole race I got passed by no one and everyone had fell wrath to my efforts.
My last hill before the final turn some chick lightly trotted by putting me in place...NOOOOOOOOOoooooooo, oh well, pace booty!!! I sprinted the final corner, breathing was heavy and hard but I managed it. some guy I was about to pass gave a full on sprint to the line- apparently he had not left it all on the course. I ran full race pace through the line, side stepped to get my chip cut off, and b-lined it to the porto johns to empty the tanks.

Ahhhhhhhhh release is great isnt it?!

I felt way too good post race. Walked around a bit, chit chatted with peeps and then headed over to drob's crib for pool, bbq, and beer replenishment. Thanks for hosting!