For whatever reason, the RD didn't get my swim time estimate so I got seeded dead last. I was dodging people who were breast stroking, doggy paddling, and flat out walking. After about 200M I caught someone who was just a few seconds per 50 slower than I wanted so I gave up and just sat in his wake the last 200 taking it easy.

Make sure I get a reply from the RD. The saving grace for me was that they shortened the interval between starts, it used to be 1 person per minute, but now it's every 20 seconds. I would've been sitting around for an hour as it heated up if not for that.

T1 is always quick with the tri suit. Socks rolled on pretty quick. I wasn't sure enough with the new shoes to have them already clipped it, I'll be ready for next time.

I realized the night before that I hadn't really been on my bike in several months so that cost me. This isn't what I'd call a technical course, but it's certainly not like a lot of the out and backs I've done. There were 4 sharp turns per loop and a few other winding spots that demand attention so it was tough to really get in a groove.

All-in-all it was a tale of two sides. One side of the loop was basically non-stop rolling hills. Once you made two quick rights, it was a fairly long straight gradual downhill back the way you came. So I got used to getting ate up on the hills and then passing the people back on the straightaway.

Probably ride my bike a bit more often. Checking my logs it doesn't look like I've done anything but the spin bike this year.

Just got the new Sidi T-1's so this was far and away my best T2 ever. Got the feet on top of the shoes about 1/2 mile out and went bombing into the transition area. Dumped the helmet, pulled on the running shoes and I was outta there. Less than a minute easy.

Man I am not built for hills. The sun was starting to come out so it was getting pretty warm. Basically I just focused on holding it all together. Starting at the back in the swim probably helped my ego here because most of the people I would consider MOP types were so far ahead because of the time trial start that I was pretty much passing everyone in sight.

Stumbled around and then went to run in with my pal Sara who actually crashed on the bike but gutted it out and finished... I was mucho impressed.


Not really doing any swim or bike training.


Not all that organized. While $40 is kinda cheap for a sprint I would expect something more than water and a few hot dogs with tortillas at the finish for me.