I was able to get decent parking and was able to setup my transition space pretty well. I need practice with this as I need to set it up a little more efficiently. I was able to have nutrition pretty early around 4:45 with a race start of 7:00 am. Getting there early settled me down a bit. I was able to use the facilities and get my wet suit on.

We met at the main stage and then walked one mile to the start. This was a partial warm-up and also got int he water and swam a little to make sure my goggles didn't fog, and most everything worked well

I went well but my suit unzipped in the waves. Not sure exactly why, but it did. Had to have assistance from lifeguard as I couldn't get it in the water.

Have someone make sure suit is zipped correctly and flap if properly Velcro properly.

When I was taking off my suit I soaked all of my gear. Going to research what to do about this. My setup of my space was not efficient I was looking for my shoes. Had a really hard time getting my jersey on and zipped. little things but I fought with it.

Practice, Practice Practice. Anytime I do an open water swim I plan to setup a transition space and change in to my bike stuff. Figure out what works and do it.

As mentioned about the course, I loved it. I forgot to eat something (GU, Bar, or something) and felt really hungry on course.

Push harder on the hills, I think I could have put more energy in here and ridden harder. In my confusion I thought I forgot my bake up tire and stuff. I also forgot to grab nutrition as I was really hungry.

I felt ok with this.transition, but I forgot to remove my tire and inflalator out of my jersey. Luckily my fiance and friend were there and I was able to pass these off to them in the first mile

Make sure my pockets are clear, I was so hungry that I grabbed two bars and wolfed them down. Not the greatest thing to do right before a run.

This is my worst. I ran actually one of my fastest 10ks. Which means my speed is rising, but I will definitely need more improvement here.

Run more prior to the event. I made excuses on run days and blew them off too often.

Get a little nutrition and rest a bit. Water and Gatorade, and then a long walk back to the car. Lunch with RUM.

For my first Olympic I felt I did ok. I was right at where I predicted myself. I have room to improve. I plan to do a few more at this distance before planning on a HIM.

The only negative was that they ran out of medals. I know I will get one, but it happened. Otherwise, almost a perfectly run race. The also raise a ton of money for childhood Cancer Treatments. Like 1,300,000 plus.