First ever OWS so I really didn't know what to expect. I feel like I exerted myself a little bit more than I wanted to, however I clearly had enough energy left to handle the rest of the race.


Being my first OWS, my sighting has some serious work needed. I wasn't as bad as I thought, however I know there are some improvements to be made. I'd give my self a pretty decent grade for a first OWS ever for someone with no endurance sports background.

Practice more OWS.

Short run up the beach and into the huge T-area. It took some time to make my way to my bike, but I feel that my time is pretty solid given the conditions. No bike shoes yet so I laced up my run shoes and started heading towards the bike out. Jumped on and headed on the course.

Nothing I can think of.

Pushed myself pretty hard but still had enough left for the run. I mashed a little too hard on the first few hills and improved my approach mid-way through. I feel as though I read the conditions well and took advantage when the situation allowed for speed. Cruising past a huge crowd before entering T-2 was unbelievable and made the experience amazing.

I think I need to improve my leg strength and all-around biking ability. 17MPH isn't bad, but it's not very strong. Again, this was my first olympic so I"m using it as a baseline. My goal is to improve and I'm pretty happy with my first performance

The two bikes next to me in the T-area were close together which caused some difficulty racking the bike. Waved to my family who was outside the T-area and got running.

Didn't realize I had to run to the left corner of the T-area for run out, costed me 15 secs or so.

Got into a good pace for the first loop and kept thinking to myself that I had plenty left in the tank. The HR was higher than it had been in my training, however I felt comfortable with my pace. As is my custom, finished the race at an all-out sprint.

Running past a huge crowd to the finish line was a very cool moment.

I'm not very fast and when I look at my times I feel as though the run is where I am the lowest among my age group. This can be improved through more frequency. I look forward to becoming a better runner through my training.

Walked around the amazing food area and grabbed a bunch of snacks. Thanked the family for being awesome and just took in the environment. There were a ton of people surrounding the area and it was a really cool experience.


I think I found a baseline for future performance. I only train twice-per week in each discipline, and I feel that I can improve my upping the frequency and having a solid goal. I realized that I really like this distance as it is challenging, yet manageable and requires less of a time commitment than a 1/2 ironman which was my future goal distance. I"m going to spend some time thinking about my future goals, as I am leaning towards improving on the olympic course over the next year or so. We'll see..


Great race. Challenging course, great environment, great volunteers, and great extras such as food and drinks, etc. I recommend it to anyone who is willing to pay the $125, and I think it's the type of race that can really hook someone on tri's.