Red Caps and Red Bouys made life pretty rough for me and the rest of us who wear glasses. I actually swam better than I ever remember but I was literally blind the last 500 meters. Was that perfect time of morning when the water is basically a mirror. It was overcast yesterday so I brought clear goggles. They worked great until the last part.

My worst 1500 meter ever was 35 minutes before the last two races. I really worked hard these last three weeks to trying to get better. Either this guy can't mark 1500 meters or I have lost some fitness. I have also lost 20lbs and I don't seem to float as well!!

Coming out of the swim we had to hurdle this small partition and, of course, I tripped on it and drove my patella right into the concrete. Ended up being a pretty bad bruise that smarted the rest of the race.

Maybe tinted goggles and develop some better swimming technique.

Spent about 3 minutes in T1 making sure my knee wasn't screwed up. By the time I got to my bike it was bleeding like crazy.

Pack a flask of scotch and keep it in my bento box!!!

I thought this was a pretty tough course, got down to 10mph on a couple of the hills. I still freak out at anything faster than 25mph so I don't really take advantage of the downhills as much as some folks. In the middle of the course there was a very long rolling section that was pretty easy and you could make up some time.

My knee was KILLING me during the first 15 miles and I was favoring one leg. The all of the sudden, it just stopped hurting altogether! Go figure. I had a hard time pushing down with my left leg and the downhills made life a little easier.

Was a little timid after seeing a few bad wrecks. Improve confidence in the aero position.

Ran pretty well, best run I have had in a multisport event. Was, like the bike, a very hilly course that really tested you. I saw a lot of really good athletes walking and that scared me a little. Never walked, wanted to break 55 but my previous best in a multisport event was 58 minutes so at a minimum I beat my PR by two minutes.

Not much, Knee smarted a little on the downhills but I wouldn't say it had any effect. I did have to make a pit stop that cost me about 55 seconds....

Literally limped from the lake to T1, took my knee awhile to settle down. Aside from that, was a perfect day for a triathlon.


As always, very well organized and tons of great volunteers. Great warmup for SC HIM.