This swim was much much longer than advertised, at least 600m, for sure...I had my worst swim in a long time...my spotting was fine, but this girl next to me kept squishing me and hitting me...after the first 50m, she had already knocked my goggles off twice, which stinks when you are in salt water...I tried to get around her but I was blocked in on the left (and I couldn't see out of my left eye, cause I got so much salt water in it)...then the same girl starts doing breast stroke, and hitting me in the face every time I tried to go by her, it was really annoying...about 3/4 of the way, I finally got around her and then I was fine...but it was very annoying that I kept getting hit in the face for most of the race...

Not get anywhere near that one girl...everyone else was normal pushing and shoving...this was different, and it slowed me down quite a bit...

Haa, this was horrible, I was the slowest at this...I need to get faster...I just took my time, for no good reason except I felt like it:)

Go faster...

For me, getting 5th in age group is really good, I had been averaging around 18.5-19 the whole way - the start for me was rough because the road was bad, but it smoothed out - and with little to no wind, it was just wonderful... but then the huge bridge came up...it was HUGE, and you get up it, finally get to enjoy the downhill, but wait - you can't enjoy it, because at the bottome of the bridge you have to do a very tight uturn, and go back up the hill...that being said, I was really proud of myself on the hill, I past about 6 people while going up it, and didn't get past by anyone on it...but it did slow down my average...

Not have such a big hill to deal with - other than that, conditions were almost perfect...

LOL, this is horribly slow...I was talking with the guy next to me about the hill, the whole time I was in transition, Matt had just finished, and he was too tired to run with me for the first time this season...that's when I decided to walk the hill...so I went into the run knowing what I was going to do...

Not talk quite as much, if my transitions would have been faster, I could have gotten a plaque...

With going up that steep bridge, I am fine with this time...I walked up it both times, then I walked the water station...other than that, I ran the rest of it...so not horrible...I hadn't trained on hills, and my legs were already burning because of the bike hills, so I'm fine with what it was...

No have such a big bridge to run up twice?

Drink copious amount of water - my mom had brought a cooler, which was awesome!!


the huge BRIDGE!!!


GOod race, but it took foreevr to get the awards ceremony going - and then when it was going, the guy took FOREVER to go through the names (I didn't have an award, but Matt got first in age group, YEAH!!!) Other than that, very nice and very hot...it was 77 when we started, and by the time we finished, it was 88 degrees...HOT!!