Felt good in the swim. Did quite a few open water swims since my last sprint in June. The extra practice in wavy Lake Huron and the Atlantic Ocean off of the Outer Banks came in real handy. Tried drafting a few times but couldn't hang and didn't want to crash and burn. Felt like I was swimming on my own and hardly ran into anyone. Sighted buoys real easy. Started getting a little sloppy at the end but was happy to see my time.

Work on overall conditioning and drafting

Had helmet in the open, but left shoes and socks in garbage bag, but everything went well.

Not having my road bike on my last camping trip hurt my overall performance. I was hoping for a min of 18 mph avg and hoping for 19. Winds appeared to shift during the ride. Roads were still wet so turns were slower. Witnessed one of the top females crash at the turnaround, but she appeared o'kay. This course was hillier then I anticipated.

Need more work on hilly courses, as the hills hurt me. Need more time in the saddle, being out of town nearly three weeks hurt my overall bike. I'll have to see if the wife will let me pack the road bike in the trailer when we go camping.

Lost a shoe dismounting bike, but the practice of getting my feet out of the shoes and being ready to dismount came in handy and made for a good transition with little wasted time.

I left my running shoes in the garbage bag with another change of socks, I'm glad I did as my feet were soaked during the ride. Things went well and putting on the dry socks was worth it.

The sun started peaking out, but temps weren't to bad. Quads started cramping up. Had to walk more then I would've liked. First mile was around 8:30 but things fell apart around mile 3, when I was stung by something on the back of the neck.

Do more road running, as most of the running I did was trail or beach.

Walked around a bit ate a Cliff bar, had a Hammer Gel and a couple of hard boiled eggs I had brought, put bike away, then stretched while waiting for results.


Had to do my physical fitness test for work on Friday. Quads were already sore when I started. Try not to do a PFT before a race in the future.

Having a GI bug rip through the family the week before didn't help either and limited training. Losing 7 pounds between Sunday and Tuesday the week before a race is a bag thing.

For my first Oly since the Chicago Sun Times Tri back in 1990, I was happy and set a new PR by a minute or so, but could've done so much better, wanted to do a 2:45. Guess I shouldn't complain after a 16 year layoff, I'm enjoy triathlon again.


Decent event overall, but with no aid stations on the bike, that had to hurt some folks. I learned after my last sprint to bring my own water for the bike, which worked well. Not much for food afterwards, besides sandwiches, some watermelon and cookies.

I'll do this race in the future. It's at a good location and decent course.