Great swim for me. I really wish this would have been the full 800m. It would have given me a great chance at beating the two guys who placed 2nd and 3rd in front of me (2nd beat me by 18s, third by 14s)....but oh well.

Nothing. This was a great swim. My OWS practice helped my sighting so much. I am really very comfortable in these open water races. I am definitely not the fastest swimmer, but its probably my best discipline.

This was a good transition. A little bit of a run from the beach (150 yards or so) and shoes were in clips and off I went. Took a little while with the helmet and wetsuit, but all in all it went great.

Not much. I was 2nd overall in T1, and 2nd in our AG. Just need to be a bit smoother. Kind of slow down to go faster, if you will.

The bike is a loop around the lake. I left T1 and was in 2nd place. The eventual winner was out in front, but the first 3 miles were downhill and I felt like I could maybe catch him. No dice, though. This guy was flying. I was doing about 24mph trying to catch him, and he was moving away from me pretty easily. I looked at my HRM and saw that I was at 168, way too high, even for 13 miles, so I cut it back and settled back into MY pace. This was a good decision on my part. Ended up w/ the 4th fastest split overall, 2nd in AG, so can't complain.

It was a lonely ride. I did get passed around mile 6, but that was the only other rider I saw. I entered T2 in 3rd place overall. Holly told me that I was in good shape b/c the guy in the lead was way older than me. He had a gray beard, and definitely looked older, but it turns out he was in my age group. We called this man "Gray Beard", and all of the racers talked of him, too. This guy was smooth. He ran the 5K in 18:20 and didn't look like he was working at it.

Not try and pedal out of my comfort zone early. I elevated my HR way too fast, and I really need to ease into my rides. I felt a like I was mashing more than I wanted, too. My last couple of rides have been in that 88-92 rpm range and just felt smooth. I just couldn't get that even cadence for some reason.

I was a little upset with T2. I fuddled around too much. It took awhile to get the socks on. Couldn't decide if I was going to take my water bottle along or not. Just stuff I could have avoided. Overall, not bad, but definitely should have been under a minute.

Again, need to be smoother and quicker. Know what I am going to do ahead of time.

Not my best run. I was really hoping for sub 23:00. I definitely was in shape for that. I could come up w/ a few excuses (very humid, distance was longer, too hard on the bike, etc.), but ya' know I just didn't bring it. I had some cramps on the first lap and it was slow. Once, I settled in after that first mile, the rest of the race was sub 7:30m/m. Worst part about it was that I still had some gas at the end, which I didn't want to have.

Turns out, as I was high fiving my son near the finish line, this guy is making a move to pass me. I hear him and then turn on the gas to end up beating him. He said, "Oh shoot you heard me!". Turns out we tied in the official deal. Kind of funny, but glad I had enough to stave him off from ruining my photo oportunity.

All in all, an OK run considering I am only 5 months removed from knee surgery. I should be happy, but running is my limiter (relative to the other two disciplines), so i need to just work at getting better at it. And, so I will.

No need for water bottle on this. I dropped it twice. Pick up the pace for the last mile and really push.

Clean myself off w/ some antibacterial soap b/c of the nasty algae water. Wait for my friends to finish. Ate some food. Stayed for the awards, since I got one!!!


Knee surgery 5 months ago. Low running volume b/c of the surgery. I really don't think I hydrated myself well enough on the bike. Definitely have to do better on this for the longer races.

I am very happy with the outcome of this race. It was great to place in the age group and I had a blast. I have improved a ton over the last year. I plan on getting faster, too. Good times, though, as I got to race with/against a college friend and an IM from my office.


Frank Dobbs lived up to his reputation. The race started 20 minutes late. He didn't have enough volunteers to guide traffic. The course distances were off. The transition area was unsecure. Its too bad, b/c this could be a good venue. The bike course is very fun.