Good swim for me. Think I was able to relax easier because there were so few people and very little jockying for position. Swim was 400 meters, but time includes run up to transition. Did well on sighting the first buoy. Had to breast stroke several times before I could find the second buoy, but swam fairly straight. Got off course a bit heading back to the beach. Need to look up more often.

Practice. Practice. Practice. Stroke, body position, rotation, balance, open water swimming, sighting. Practice it all more!

Usual slow T1 for me. I really need to pay more attention to this. When I came into the area, I tossed my garmin in a heap with the cap and goggles, then had to spend time fumbling around for it before I could head out on the bike.

Pay attention to what I'm doing.

Did well on the bike. Got passed by some really fast folks, but did a little passing of my own. Managed to pass several people in the final mile. 2 noticeable hills on this route. Had trouble on the first and steepest one, but did well on the others. I HATE getting passed on hills!
Had almost a full bottle of Infinit. Perfect.

More time in the saddle. More time on the hills.

Not much to T2 for me. Grabbed a bottle of Infinite and headed out on the run.

Nothing

My legs felt good from the start on the run. Didn't do my normal "shuffle" to get going. Headed out and up a hill. Walked. Couldn't see exerting the extra effort needed to get up the hill and blowing the rest of the run. The downhill portion was equally difficult and I gingerly ran that portion. After the hills, started running normally. After half a mile, I started thinking that I was going a bit too hard and should back off and did. Am thrilled with the run time!
Drank a little more than half a bottle of Infinit. Good stuff.

Run more and keep doing the easy base-building stuff

Talked to some other finishers and cheered those still coming in. Ate a banana and drank some water.


My old tired body. :)


I've done this race before and I know the RD is extremely unorganized. Most of the time the distances are off and you never know just what to expect. To his credit, this time the distances were what was listed on the website. Good thing I checked the online maps and course before-hand, because there was zero information about course at the checkin. Knowing that this is a second rate operation going into the race and just concentrating on enjoying myself makes it fun. No chip. Have no idea how they actually kept track of splits. I went up to the guy at the finish line and asked what my time was. He wasn't sure. Doesn't matter. I had my garmin but I feel bad for the first timers that didn't know what the heck were going on. I had a great race and a great time doing it.