Even with a wide start it took a few hundred meters to find some open water to swim my own race.
Savannah River is beautiful and clean; easily 10 feet of visibility in the water

Wetsuit strippers were great.
It was a somewhat long run to transition from swim exit, T1 times look long here.

Nothing, had a solid, well executed bike ride.

Again, long transition area, so no issues here. This was a fast transition.

Half of each loop had great spectator support, the other half was pretty quiet.
Aid stations were great and well stocked, but some got overloaded in my second lap due to volume of runners. Despite this I was still able to get everything I needed.

No nutrition on the run, just water for me today. I may have overloaded calories on the bike. I faded in the last 3 miles, which is not my typical run performance. I gave up 3 age group places in those three miles as well, which is also not normal for me. Despite this, I finished the race totally spent.

Eat a little less on the bike so there is room for nutrition on the run.
First two miles were a little too fast which probably affected my final 5k performance.
My target is always sub-1hr30min for a half Ironman

New personal record at this distance!!!