The swim was fine; not great, not terrible, just fine. I wish we had been swimming clockwise rather than counterclockwise due to the sun, but oh well. I had a hard time sighting on the way into shore because there were so many buoys in the water (course markers plus the normal beach swim area buoys) that I was using the wrong ones. Oh well; I went a little off course but not bad.

I think the long run up the beach and then all the way along the T area is included in the swim split. Even with a 2:04 avg, I was still 3rd in my AG, so I'm assuming the long run is lumped in there as opposed to in T1.

And, as always, I could've done without the weeds. Ick.

Not stand up so soon on the way in. I usually swim until my hand hits sand and then I stand. Well, this lake is so shallow that my hand hit sand about 50 yds out. I should have dove back in and swam more, but I thought I would just run. Big mistake! I was dying by the time I reached the shore.

Once we finally got into the T area, this was fine. No major issues to report. Just got the wetsuit off, shoes on, helmet and glasses on, and off I went. Decided to go without socks again.

Not exhaust myself running out of the water...

This was a really good bike for me. I knew the course was nearly flat, so I decided I was going to push it on the bike and just see what I had left for the run. This is a PR pace for me, so I was happy with that.

Nothing. Great course, great weather, great ride.

I followed Autumn in so it was nice of her to locate our rack for me! :) Nothing particularly remarkable here either.

Nothing other than generally move faster.

Well, my legs were tired after the bike, but I figured I'd see what I could do on this run. I went out hard for the first mile, and I felt good the first 1.5 miles or so. But then I really started to get overheated. I didn't drink much at all on the bike because I was trying to prevent the normal sloshy stomach/cramps that I seem to get. My pace really fell off in the second half of this run, but it still was sub-10's overall, so I'm happy with that.

Drink a bit more on the bike. Not go out so hard on the first mile of the run.

Walked around looking for BT-ers, got results from one of those cool result receipt printers, filled my face with yummy post race food.


No real taper, hydration issues.


This is a great race! Very well done and lots of nice little extras. Great BT presence too! So nice to see everyone!

As a follow up, I set a new PR in T3 for downing my Like It size of mint chocolate chip at ColdStone. I'm sure it was no more than 1:30. Yummy.