I was almost kicking myself for not bringing my wetsuit. But the water even though it was cold didn't bother me. I was short for breath and nothing went numb. I am glad I didn't wear the wetsuit. I did just fine without it.

I was real pleased with this transition. I had no problems getting my shoes on and running with my bike. I did flub once trying to get my shoe into the pedal just outside of transition but that wasn't really a big deal and I was moving forward.

I had a great ride today. The only problem I encountered was on two sharp corners when I was braking. My back tire felt like it was wobbling off or something weird. I had to really let up and lost some momentum but I will figure out what I have to do to avoid this from happening again.

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I did pretty good in this transition to. The only problem I had is tying a small and loose knot into my shoelace. That is why I hate shoes. I was able to take care of it in just a few seconds and I was on my way.

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I was very pleased with my run. My shoelace only untied twice. About halfway through the run some guy ran up next to me and stuck next to me until the finish. With about 400 yds. to go he asks me if I have been passed and I said yes, about 6 people. He then asked if I was tired of being passed and I said yes, He said he was to. He said two guys are coming up on us so lets keep them off of us. I said sure. So I sprinted like hell to the finish. I probably could have run harder during the entire run but I held off a little bit because I didn't want to burn out. But I am very please with my run.

Drank a beer and had some water.


Just mental stuff in the run, I think I need to learn what my abilities are on the run and push myself to that extreme. I didn't let my minor setbacks throw me off.


This is a great race for a first timer to get use to open water while swimming in a sandy bottomed pool. I will try to get this race into my schedule each year I compete in sprints because it is a great early season race.