Was weird being in the first wave, after about 300 yards I was more or less by myself/ The fast swimmers were well in front of me, and no one was in my side views. I did not bother to look behind me, but it appears I must have been leading the MOP. With about 100 yds to go I was caught by the fast swimmers from the wave after mine.

I'm happy with my swim, this was a 4 minute PR over my previous HIM swims.

Another split transition race, so had to put all of my swim gear into a bag from transportation to T2. Unlike Oceanside, there was no morning cloths back, so those had to be shoved into the same back as the swim gear.

I need to get faster at stripping of my suit.

I think I pushed the bike a little too hard, and it cost me on the run later. Ride started out with overcast skies, which made it a little cold, but then the sun broken through around the half way point.

Ended up setting a 20 minute HIM Bike PR.

Get in a little more training on the bike, especially after my bike fitting at the end of June.

Long run from the bike dismount line to my rack (last row).

Nothing

I felt good for the first 5 miles, but them started to slow down about the time we hit the dirt trail loop at La Creme winery. Heart rate started to spike, so ended up taking quite a few walk breaks in the second half of the run to get my heart rate down. I tried taking some cola at the 10 mile mark, but it was not flat and ended up causing stomach pains from the carbonation.

I still ended up improving my HIM HM PR by almost 7 minutes.

Not ride as hard on the bike and avoid the cola.

Grab some water and talked to a friend I had not seen in several years. Went to my bike bag to get my phone and camera so I could get some pictures of my wife finishing her first HIM.


I need to get better at pacing my run off the bike.


Good race with lots of volunteers. I was extremely happy that the weather cooperated and remained cool. I can see this race being brutal with the temperature 90+, like they've had in the past couple of years.