The start was crazy. Lots of punching and grabbing. Considered just bailing out after a few hundred yards but found some open water and continued on. Probably too many in the wave for the minimal start area.

Can't think of anything.

I have no idea why this was so slow. The top 10 times vary from 1:30 to my time. I thought this went well.

Rack closer to the end?

The wind was stronger than last year. The weather was cooler and overcast which helped. I was sweating buckets on the bike. Maintaining a 20mph pace was much tougher from an effort perspective from last year. My swim wave was last so there was alot of slower bikes to navigate through.

Not much

I have no idea why this was so slow. Once again, I thought everything went well. I had to run a long way with bare feet after I dismounted. If I would have racked closer to the bike finish, I could have run with my shoes on which would have saved some time. Everyone in the top 10 with a race number close to mine was slower. Probably due to the rack location.

I don't know.

I thought I was doing better than the time suggested. Probably waited too late to kick it into a higher gear for the finish. It was hard to figure out where I was in the park.

Kick in the speed earlier.

Had a free beer, grabbed my camping chair and sat for about 30 minutes before leaving.


Nothing much


The cannon that fired off for every wave was impressive. It was a big civil war cannon that made a lot of noise. Nice!