Blech. Probably one of my worst open water swims ever. Water was choppy with significant tidal current, which for some reason really inhibited my ability to swim straight. Also got quite nauseous from the chop (never happened to me before). I did the Eagleman swim of the same distance in the same body of water 2 minutes faster than this, and that was without a wetsuit.

At least there were no jellyfish this year.

Ummm, swim better? This is the only part of these races I am good at, so I need to take better advantage.

Some confusion with bike gear bag. Probably should have just kept gear at my bike.

Happy with this time, although my bike computer came up about a half mile short of the 25 miles, so maybe it is not as good as I think.

Made a wrong turn at the turnaround - followed the "CMan" markings instead of the (nonexistent?) "Bugeye" markings. Probably didn't cost me more than 30 seconds though.

no issues

Sigh. Another depressing run. I don't really get this one. I felt good and thought I was moving faster than this. This was basically the same speed I went at Columbia, except that is an extremely hilly course and this was flat as a pancake. More questions than answers here.

Learn how to run one day.

I really like this event. I have done several different distances, and it is always a nice, low-key race. The Bugeye was interesting this year as I think a bunch of the collegiate athletes who were going to compete at Half Full signed up for this at the last minute when USAT dumped Half Full. Made for a pretty fast field with all the fit 20-year-olds.