I felt fairly comfortable, but did take in small amounts of water along the way. Water was a little choppy with a 2 foot shore break. All the men started as one wave, which made for a lot of traffic for the first hundre meters. I started at the north end of the pack, due to the current, and stayed in pretty clean water once past the first buoy.

I've been working on my swim efficiency and am definitely seeing improvement as to how I feel when I leave the water. Time now to work on a better pull to get faster.

Spent too much time getting sand off feet.

HTFU and just go!!

I started the ride easy for the first 2 miles to get my heart rate to settle down and then started picking it up. According to my Garmin, I averaged 22.83mph for the last 6.5 miles (really an improvement for me...thanks Trainer Road!)

Keep integrating intervals into my bike training. Try to start stretching out my rides to get more distance. I need to get a good bike fit so that I can get more comfortable and efficient.

Calf started tightening up right out of T2 and I had to stop to stretch. I've deliberately kept my mileage down due to multiple knee surgeries, but since I have been cycling, my knees haven't bothered me at all. Now I'm just dealing with a spur on the back of my heel that can get pretty painful.

Increase mileage and incorporate interval training into my limited running regimen. My long term goal is to do St. Anthony's next year with my wife.

All in all, I felt pleased with the race, but feel I can better my run splits with more training. In my 40's, my 5K race pace was 6:40, and while I know that I'll ever see that again, I also know I can get to a faster pace with more training. More bricks will also help.


Great job by everyone involved...lots of volunteers and a very organized event. Also, a very nice venue. Will definitely do it again next year. Given the LLS connection, I was surprised to see that it was not a Team in Training event.