There was a really long jog/walk (no running allowed) from transition to the pool. It took well over a minute for me to get to the pool, then I had to wait for about 40 seconds to get in the pool. They only allowed one person in at a time, and they were not allowed to start swimming until the lifeguard told them they could go. I got stuck third in line and it took a while. I was doing pretty well on the swim....until...some woman grabbed my ankle and pulled me to a stop. Not knowing that she was being ultra aggressive and trying to beat me, I stopped swimming, actually said sorry to her then let her pass me! Live and learn!

Since this was a reverse sprint this was T2 for me. It went very well. It was actually pretty easy putting my swim cap and goggles on while running, since I had so much time before I could enter the pool.

I had a good bike leg, especially coming off a run that felt hard for me. There were quite a few hills, but it's a course I ride sometimes, so I was familiar with the area. It was out to a turn around point, then back. The turn around was really tricky, and I almost had to come to a complete stop.

This was t1 for me which was between the run and bike. It went pretty well. The transition area was really long, though, and no running was allowed.

One big loop that was only three miles last year. This year they tried to make it a more accurate 5k and overshot it. We ended up running 3.22 miles. I was having some problems with my asthma during the run (didn't have an inhaler with me), but I got through it OK.

Asthma and ultra aggressive competitors using dirty tactics!


Very good race. Really nice and well organized race director.