They combined the 40-44 & 45-49 AGs, so we had a pretty crowded wave of 103 guys. Of course, I hung towards the back to start and avoided the main chaos.

I swim slow and had predicted 11 minutes. I felt like I had a good swim; never tired, no mental or confidence issues like in the past, sighted well, navigated around and through some swimmers slower than me, and I STILL missed my goal by a minute.

Oh well; now it's time to get to work and make up for the slow time.

Duh; how about swim faster.

Some distance from the water to the rack; ran pretty hard, passed quite a few folks. Smooth transition.



Not much, 3rd fastest in my AG and beat 64 guys in the 40-44 AG, so I'm considering this a very good T1.

Nothing special to comment on.

I do pretty well on the bike and put up a good time. Was able to catch a lot of guys who had beaten me out of the water. They had started the waves off in gender and AG order, so I knew that everybody that was passed were younger men and faster swimmers, and it was a confidence builder.

We had great conditions and this was a really enjoyable ride, was able to maintain a good pace. The hills were just enough grade to make you work, but you topped out just as you reached LT.

Drank ~10 ozs of G'ade and shot a gel along the way, brought it on in cleanly and got ready to run.

Not much; I pushed pretty hard, especially on the hills, and was able to re-pass and drop the 3 or 4 guys that had passed me. Not sure I could've pushed any harder, but you always wonder.

Beat my time goal by 1:40, so I'm pleased.

Nailed this one, too.

Not much, 4th fastest in my AG and beat 62 guys from the 40-44 AG, so another good transition.

Found my running legs quickly and settled into a comfortable pace, maybe too comfortable. Never made it hurt any, even on the hills, just rocked along and pounded it out.

Checked my watch at the 3/4 mark and knew I could meet my run and race time goal if I didn't fade.

I'm capable of running a bit faster than this and I could've pushed just a little harder for such a short distance. I slacked off mentally towards the end but still held a good pace.

Walked around, drank some water, cooled down, found my son and snapped the obligatory post-race pics.

Met up with Dennis (dgunthert) and Jamie (jpb0009) and chatted about the race and racing in general. Everyone had had a rock solid day.


The usual; slow swim speed.

Coming off of BSLT I had drastically reduced my bike and run volume for July to take care of some other projects and was wondering if it had cost me any performance. I don't think it did.

Physically, I felt good and except for the swim; I met or beat all my time goals. All in all, a great day and race.


I had heard Jack's put on a great race and they did not disappoint. Good venue and organization, food & drink, post-race atmosphere & music. Pretty cool having some pros out there and getting to see what fast swimming looks like.

Thought the "generic" theme was a neat gimmick. Everything was generic and plain-Jane; the race shirts, bib numbers, water bottles, awards, etc. Kind of like triathlon; if there's a choice between complicated and simple, I'm picking simple.