The swim was the weirdest I have ever had in a triathlon. I tried to keep it slow during the run transitions to prevent the HR from going high, a couple other guys would sprint past me on the land only to have me pass them on the swim. The transition to T1 was 1/3rd of a mile. I hit lap on my watch as soon as I exited the water and and had a swim time of 13:19.

Race started at 0600, sunrise was at 6:21, tinted sunglasses made navigation difficult fro the first 300m.

My real T1 was over 4 minutes due to the 1/3rd of a mile transition to T1. There was a huge pileup at the mount line and one guy got pushed over as it clogged up.

T1 was 30 seconds slower than normal and I really can't explain what I did different.

Legs not all the way back after completing superfrog last week. lots 375 feet of descending which caused average power to be low.

be more rested.

Nothing spectacular here, due to congestion going into T2, chose not to mess with flying dismount. Got socks and vaporfly's on very efficiently. Took a gu cold brew roctane and was ready to run (almost).

I forgot to pull my quicklaces tight on my shoe and had to briefly stop just after crossing the timing mat.

Was hard for the first 2 miles but then lost speed on the sand.

choose a race that doesn't have sand running

lots of food and got a massage


biggest reason is being 1 week removed from superfrog 70.3 but i needed a third race to get a USAT ranking so I sucked it up.


Despite the strange swim, the short bike, and the sand/grass running this is a great triathlon, actually one of the best on Oahu! Post race festivities are top notch, there is a 50 foot waterslide, foot for days, free post race massages, and an open/air conditioned ballroom for everyone to hand out in. Post race awards do go long, almost 2 hours, with kids races, the 5k, the 10k, the aquathon, and then finally the triathlon.