The start was a time-trial start. They would have 8-10 ppl sit on dock and go at 10 second intervals. I think it was a good way to start the race. There was quite a bit of chop that really bothered me. I couldn't get any sort of rhythm and stopped quite a few times to adjust myself and restart. Got a mouth full of water at least 3-4 times. Mmmm, Hudson River water.

Long run to transition. Knew my best friend Michael swam faster than me so ran fast to cut down the time. I caught up to him on the run and we entered transition together. I was out of transition :32 seconds before him even though he swam :59 seconds faster than I did.

Kept my head down and rode steady. This bike course is pretty aggravating with the really stupid people that do this race, but I tried my best to not let them get me out of my game. I did not ride as well back up the longish hill in the Bronx, but other than that it went OK.

Just tried to keep it steady- not push too hard in the beginning. Was very fatigued at this point. The run up the initial hill to get out of transition took a lot out of me. I tried to keep the pace steady the whole way but know I was dogging it a bit late in the park. At the pace I was going, I was sure I would still have enough in me to push it the last 3/4 mile to the finish, but it just wasn't there. I had to concentrate to just keep my form in check.

Spent more time then normal by food and drink and just hydrated and ate.


The Ironman two weeks before really made this difficult to push. I thought that doing 140.6 miles a couple weeks before would have me in great shape to do an Olympic, but Lake Placid took too much out of me.