Started on the far right and was able to get away from people on the swim. Felt like I passed a lot of orange caps (my group) and caught up to the green caps (group 3 minutes in front.)

Had a lot of trouble siting the buoys. Did around the first 3 but as I turned to Jack London square,
I got pushed and didn't site the next buoy. I ended up swimming towards the center of the channel so I most likely did more that 1500 M since I swam a long way until I was back in the line. I ended up siting the flashing lights on the police boat for the rest of the way.

A lot of swimmers said it was a slow swim too. Apparently it was high tide at 8 and we started at 7:19. Therefore, my guess is the flux was in and not out.

Sight better. Try too pick up the bouy better. Kick more. I swam hard at the end but easy for the rest of the swim.

There is a live train track in the middle of the course. So you need to run back towards a pedestrian bridge, over the bridge, and then to T1. Since my bike was at the very end of the Olympic distance zone, I ran about .6 miles.

Since I was at the end, I didn't bother pre-clipping shoes. I just put my shoes on and ran out.

3rd street, Mandela Parkway and Maritime were all very nice to ride on because of smooth surfaces. Other roads had potholes and were not as smooth.

I passed a ton of bikes on the first lap and was only passed by aerobikes. Going into the wind I averaged around 23-25 MPH and into the wind 20. On the second lap, the wind changed/got stronger and/or I started getting tired. Into the wind I was only going 18/19. And I got passed by more aerobikes. I need to practice more with my aerobars because I was not comfortable using them. (One Oakland Tri team member said I should be using them
My goal was 70 minutes and I finished in 72. So I was right on track.

Patrice with Aerobars. A good chunk of my biking was on trainers, on a mountain bike, or on my bike without the bars. I only put them on 1 week before the race.

Had trouble getting left shoe undone because hand had fallen asleep. I think that I lost time on the bike ride and not T2. Long t2 was because I had to visit port-o-potty.

Not use port-o-potty.

Didn't have a watch and my abductors were mad at me, so I wasn't really focusing on my pace. Got passed by a lot of very encouraging runners. Ended up pacing with a guy after mile 4. I thought i was running a 9 minute mile so I am very, very happy to run 8:09 since my goal was 8:10-8:20

Apparently not having a watch is good for my run.

Ate food. Watched people come in.


Getting off course on the swim. I was going for a 1:40 or better since I had a wet-suit. My guess is I swam a little over than 1 mile and that would have been 1:40. I was spot on for both the bike and the run. I obviously need to improve my run overall though I was happy with 8:09


I did 2 races with Brazen racing that have everything imaginable to eat after the race so any other race will be disappointing for post race food. It would have been nice to have alcohol free beer too. I And I swear that there used to be more post race booths too.

Lots of volunteers. All helpful. On the Olympic run, there was water and sports drink at every mile. The course seemed cleaner in this year in comparison to years past.