There were 3 people (including me) in my lane and I was in lane six. Before we started we 3 discussed our swim times and decided who would lead out and who would follow. To my surprise, I was the fastest swimmer in my lane. So I lead the whole way. I did feel one tap on my foot about halfway through but I just sped up and checked at the next wall and there was noone even close, so i just kept going. The swim went pretty well for me. I decided about halfway through that I was going to breathe all on the right instead of my normal bilateral breathing. I dont know that it helped any, but it seemed to calm me down a bit. There were no splits, so I have no idea of rank. But i would assume that 9:00 would be middle to back of my age group and middle of the overall.

Nothing, it went pretty well for me. I am not that fast at swimming, but i was confident and relaxed through most of the swim.

I dont really have time I didnt look at my watch as I mounted the bike. I had little bit of trouble getting on the bike, but it could have been worse.

I need to practice T1 alot. I just need to get used to jumping on a moving bike and i would still like to work on having the shoes attached to the bike

So i was told that this course was hilly, but i really didnt know what it expect. In Mid-Missouri there are plenty of hills that I ride all the time. So I didnt think this would be all that bad. Even when i started the bike, i didnt think it was bad because there were a few rolling hills. Then I hit THE BEAST!!!! The Beast is about 1 mile long and has to be about 300 feet of climbing. (that is a total guess, it could be more or maybe less) I came into it going about 25mph and in about 20 feet i was out of the saddle pumping out about 8mph. The first time i thought i wasnt going to make it, then i realized i had to do it 2 more times. I mashed it out and was then rewarded with a 50mph descent on the other side of the park. That is the fastest i have every gone on my bike, and it was a bit scary the first time. By third lap I was comfortable with the hill and with the descent. I passed quite a few people on the bike. I got to a point where it was just me and one other guy going back and forth. I think that we were leading our wave off the bike, so that was pretty cool that I made up for my mediocre swimming ability. Time includes T1

nothing, it was pretty good

again no split, but overall it was pretty good. I got my feet out of the shoes, but i need to work on the dismount

work on dismount

I started out with a good pace and passed a few people (and also got passed by a couple) The course was good until you got to the huge hill. Just before the turnaround, there was a huge hill was probably about 1/4 mile long and had 100 or so ft of climbing. I stopped at the top for a second and drank a cup of water, then i continued. By this point of the day, it was easily 90 degrees and after the hill was the only time i felt hot. I regret stopping because this allow the guy that I had raced with on the bike to catch up to me about a 1/2 mile later and end up beating me by three seconds. Those 3 seconds would have also raised my overall stands by about 4 places which would have put me well into the top 15. Oh well, live and learn. Advertised course was 2.8 miles, but someone with a garmin had it at 2.1 so i am going with 2.1 because i know i cant run 6 minute miles!!!

Dont Stop!!!

Did a cool down jog with Brandon (getsome) and drank a couple of glasses of Heed and some water


My fitness level. I feel strong, but I am still about 5lbs up from where i was at the end of June (thanks to 3 vacations in 2 months) and still 15lbs from my goal weight. Right now its a balancing act between having enough energy and fluids to do my workouts and having enough of a calorie defecit to lose weight. Right now, i am not doing a good job at balancing it.


Nothing special. The stars of the show were the hills. I wish the advertised course length was accurate. I would probably do this one again for the good hill workout