Low water swim. Lots of stopping and dolphin diving involved with most of the field. Bottom is rocky and foot-cutting in places if you dolphin dive.

I employed the dive with 6 swim strokes and repeat method. This was fairly successful for me, but my feet got beat up on the bottom. I need to find water shoes that will stay on your feet for a race like this

Time is a rough guess as the T1 and T2 are included in the bike time. I timed the bike part myself, so transitions are close anyway.

Nothing, because I wasn't really rushing, just tried not to be draggy in the process.

Flat course with huge straight-aways and no wind. Nowhere to rest out there. I pushed the pace a bit more on the second half than the first half, but definitely did not attack the course as hard as I did last year. The ride was very enjoyable and it was worth the registration cost to get a ride in that I didn't have to worry about traffic for once. I have had a rash of bad luck lately with inconsiderate drivers.

Nothing. I stayed in a medium gear and felt like I was going fast and almost noone passed me.

Time again is a rough guess, but it was a good transition regardless of how fast. I did what I needed to without dragging

Didn't feel like I was going as fast as I was but did feel a good running stride and stayed smooth throughout. Passed a bunch of runners and saved enough for a sprint to the finish, passing two in the stretch with a large crowd cheering. That was nice. I'll take this pace on a tri run anytime regardless of ranking. Really enjoyed the run.

Best post-race food in the tri business. Huge spread, take as much as you want and easy to get to. Excellent!