Swim to first buoy was tough. We were swimming out as the tide was coming in. This was the roughest wave start I've had. I got hit in the face a few times, and swam over some people. There was a lot of congestion going out. Coming in for the second loop I got out of the water and ran down the beach a bit. Thankfully I found clean water for the second loop and caught some more people. This was a much better swim time for me, but unfortunately I still lost the age group win in the swim, came out 8:02 behind the age group winner.

More speed sets in the pool. I really need to log more swim practice.

T1 has been trouble lately. The suit got stuck on my chip again, e verything else went smoothly.

Practice T1 more, I've got to get that suit off faster. I lost about 4 seconds to the person I was chasing.

Hammered the bike and met my goal of getting off the bike under 1:15. Could have managed my gears a little better. There were a few packs on the bike as it got congested when the rest of the field came out of T1. Made up 1:52 on my target.

More T.I.T.S, I've been neglecting the bike lately in favor of the swim/run. It shoewed today, I should have been able to push fasater.

Good smooth T2, I've got this one down. Shoes went on quick, grabbed the race belt, 2 gels and was off. Pulled back 23 seconds on my target in T2.

Be even cleaner and more precise, I can still shave some time off this one.

Today was the day that my run didn't pull me through. My legs weren't feeling too fresh. I ran hard, but missed my goal of 38 mins. Pulled back 5:26 on the AG winner.

More preparation, and push myself mentally a little more.

Saw my parents, said hello then off to jog the course backwards and cheer on the other athletes, did a little light stretching.


I've been slacking on cycling and bricks. I came in undertrained and it showed. Had I know I was gaining so much time on the eventual AG winner I would have gone harder on the run,I should have anyway. The run was hurting but now I feel like I could have eeked out those 25 secs I needed to win, It was tough placing 2nd by 20 seconds. I can't be too disappointed though, I almost erased an 8min defecit from the swim.


In my head I had decided today was the day I'd win my AG. I met all my time goals except the run, I really should be happy with the race. I'm still a little let down, but I have to remember it's only my first season. Now I've got the "off season" to work hard and place well in 25-29 next year. I'll be back to race this one again in '08.