This was my first ocean swim and probably my last for a while. Getting through the waves and around the first buoy felt pretty harrowing to me. After that I swam okay but couldn't see the second buoy for quite a while. I ended up going too far in and having to swim back out. A couple more bouys would've made a big difference here.

Get some practice swimming in the ocean.

I had forgot to reset my watch so I had to do that. Dumb. I didn't bother trying to get most of the sand off my feet and it didn't really bother me.

Official results did not record my bike time separately. Time is from my watch.
This was my fastest sustained average speed on the bike so far. Nice to do a totally flat race.

Build endurance to be able push a little harder for that 50 minutes.

Besides waiting for the non racers they were letting walk right across the dismount line, I did pretty good.

I should've been able to do this faster. But my training runs have been terrible lately and I was feeling ill from all the saltwater I swallowed in the swim.

HTFU and push harder.

walking around feeling queasy.


Nonexistent ocean swimming experience.


I did not stay for the after party so it may have been great, but everyone else I was with wanted to leave before it started.
Overall I felt like the event was rather disorganized. I wish there had been signage in the transition area and more buoys in the water. Also all the inconsistent timing was a little annoying.
The weather couldn't have been better though and I enjoyed the course overall.