Start was a run from the beach to the water. Did fine there, but got a full mouth of seawater on my first stroke. Stopped, stood up and took another breath than back in swimming. Water was rolling, but not too awful. Felt like I wasn't swimming well, and there was lots of contact. Guess having 100 people in my wave on a short course will do that. Navigation was better than last week, and I found some feet to follow at one point. Passed a bunch of people, but never felt like I was really killing it on this swim. Rounded last bouy, headed toward the beach. Touched sand, stood up and ran up the beach to transition. Turns out I did better than I thought, with my swim putting me in the top 13% of all racers. That was a nice surprise. Felt I could have done better, no doubt.

As an aside, I wanted to congratulate my 16 year old niece who also competed yesterday, and put up the 4th best overall swim split, and the #1 swim split for all female competitors. Yes, she beat *every* female in the swim, and all but 3 guys. I think she has gills :)

work on navigation; have a better attitude. Not swallow 1/2 gallon on sea water at the start.

Seemed to go well. Suit off easily. wiped sand off feet, helmet/glasses on, grab bike and off we go. Was able to run w/ bike while holding by the seat. Worked out well. Long run out of transition to mount line.

Nothing. Maybe be a bit quicker.

Felt good on the bike, but didn't go as hard as I wanted to, and thats part of the mental battle I'm having. Passed a bunch of folks, and was passed as well. Seemed to be over quick, but I need to ride this harder. One thing that sucked was losing my seat bag somewhere. Fell off after I hit a bump, and I lost the bag, and all my flat kit stuff - tubes, levers, co2, inflator, patch kit....Grrrr. Went back and looked later, but nothing found. Crap. Need to drink more, too.

Roads were a mix of wet & dry. Big thunderstorms had gone through the night before, and some sections of road were still wet & had leaves/sticks strewn about.

Ride harder. I certainly have the fitness to put up a better number than 38 min for 12 miles. Frustrating & disappointing.

Don't know why this took so long.

hurry up?

This is where the wheels really came off the wagon for me. I'd been having a bad attitude all day on the course, and this wasn't going to help. No real bike legs feeling, but I was just slowly jogging. I felt OK, but this ridiculous mental block about going out and actually running is frustrating. This was the single worst 5k run I've ever done. Ever. I had a right calf cramp 1/4 mile in which needed a stop & stretch. Would crop up again about mile 2. I shuffled along at a snails pace, and walked up a couple hills. It became a joke really. Ran the last mile to the finish. whoo-hooo..bfd.

Actually try and not just suck? Wish I could say I'm being hard on myself, but I'm not. I'm selecting "bad" for overall run because there is nothing lower available on the drop down list.

Grabbed a water, some food, found some shade. Hung out for a bit, then packed up and rode home.


I don't understand how last week at my HIM I went out and had a great swim, and rode 35 miles (until my crash) feeling SO freakin' awesome, positive, and fired up, and then come to this a week later and just lay down a turd-burger of a race that was the antithisis of everything the prior week. I don't get it.


This is a good race, in a beautiful spot. Both bike & run go along the ocean and have spectacular views. Gary Hall, Jr competed (and has for past 3 years), The Hoyts were there, our US Senator Scott Brown competed, and overall a good crowd.

One thing which mucked up the timing was giving out the timing chips race morning. Line backed up, and the event started 20 minutes late.