Swam strong the whole way, kicked very little. Ran into a crowd of psychotic breaststrokers at the turn-around buoy and swam wide to avoid getting kicked in the head.

Stash club in wetsuit to break through breaststroking pack.

My wetsuit stuck on my heels, I couldn't get into my bike shoes, I couldn't get my shirt on. Kind of a mess.

Probably a little practice *this season* wouldn't have hurt.

I used my road bike instead of my tri bike because last year the chain came off my tri bike in this race and I haven't had a chance to ride it much this year. Didn't want to chance it. Plus the road bike is soooo comfortable. Lost one of my water bottles on the course and nearly took down another rider though (OOPS!).

Need to get back on the tri bike. The only people who pass me are the ones on much more aero equipment. And on the tri bike I have my special aerobar water bottle, which would take care of the dropping bottles in other people's way problem.

This one went fast, no problem.

Felt much better on this run than I usually do, especially at this race. It might have been a little cooler this year. I also saved my legs better on the swim, and rode the more comfortable bike. Didn't seem to affect my overall time much, but I really enjoyed the run and felt strong the whole way, like I could have gone much farther.

Nothing.

Walked, stretched, drank a lot of water, watched friends come in and cheered for them. Several first-timers this year.


Lack of focused training, although I trained much harder last year and had almost exactly the same time, so maybe I need to train less. ;)


As always, the traffic on the course is a little terrifying at Pigman. It would really improve things if they could shut down traffic in the park, but it doesn't sound as if it's likely to happen. Otherwise a great event.