Way to be in the top end of your goal! So, I am assuming you beat your brother?!?

He finished in 1:54:12, so I win bragging rights.

Congratulations on meeting your goal (and almost beating it!)
Good start to the season.
That's too bad about the other racers not helping/encouraging others. Oh well. You still did extremely well! Congratulations!

Uhmmm...OK...

Had dinner at a local steakhouse Saturday night. The waitress pegged us as brothers right away. Went back to the hotel and sorted out my gear. Went to bed about 10:30. Got up about 4 to pee (for the first time).

Pre-race: once Scott and I got set up, we chatted a little with a couple of guys setting up near us. Went over, back over, and back over again all of my gear for the race. Enjoyed the beautiful morning and the excitement of racing with my brother. Peed about 3 more times.

Swim: Donned my goggles and the striking purple swim cap they provided for us old guys. We started in the second wave, five minutes after the young guys. The lake was right in the middle of a horse racing track (which was pretty cool really). After we exited the water, we crossed a timing mat, ran across the dirt track to the transition area.

T1: The volunteers were offering drinks as we came into T1 (No thanks, I drank enough during the swim). Since I hadn't practiced getting into my shoes while riding, I put the shoes on, clicked through the concrete transition area and across the second timing mat, then got on my bike. Skipped socks since it was a short race.

Bike: Lots of turns. With my swim performance, I had plenty of people ahead of me when I finally started riding. My plan was to hammer 20 mph the whole ride, and hope for the best on the run. I got on the aero bars and just stayed there. Drank 1/4 of the bottle of gatorade about mile 3. As I started reeling people in, I tried to say something encouraging to everyone I passed (and those people who passed me). About 4 miles out, I had an older (than me) guy pass me on an old, red schwinn. We passed one or two more people, and I re-passed him and started pulling away. Drank a little more about miles 8 and 10, and started working on a gel at mile 12. Drank a little more as I got close to T2 (left about 1/3 in the bottle). Pulled my feet out of my shoes as I got close to the building (looking very silly when my shoe scraped the ground). Tried to say "thanks" to the sheriff's deputies and volunteers out on the bike route.

T2: Crossed the mat, tried to toss my gel wrapper in the trash can as I ran by (missed). Got to my rack and slid my bike back into place. Left my helmet on the aero bars, slid my shoes on, pulled the laces and headed out. Grabbed a cup of water as I crossed the timing mat.

Run: Shins were sore, but otherwise, my legs felt fine after the bike. I wasn't really tracking my running pace, but had people passing me pretty much the whole time I ran. I noticed that some guys were starting to run cooldowns as I headed out the parking lot. Skipped the water at Mile 1 (I was thinking I might have to pull off to the side to pee) and felt pretty good about the race so far. I checked my watch, and knew I was going to make 1:40 without too much trouble. Skipped the water at the turnaround (mile 1.5) too. Once I made the turn, I started watching for Scott, figuring that he was not too far behind. Somewhere around here, my shins quit hurting. Got to the mile mark (mile 2 for me, 1 for the outbound folks) and started clapping and cheering for the people headed towards me. Saw Scott just past the mile mark, so I knew I had him by more than the 10 minutes I spotted him. Started high-5'ing the outbound runners. I wasn't paying attention to my watch much after the turn. Got back to the parking lot, and realized I'd be closer to 1:37 than to 1:40 (yea!!).

Oh, one more detail...

About 2/3 of the way through the ride, we come by a pasture with a couple of horses. One of the horses starts running with us along the fence. He could tell it was a race and wanted to be part of the action!

Much better, but you could have put that IN the race summary.