I started right at the front, in the middle. I was determined to draft on some speedy swimmers. I guess it worked, because I did a lot better than I thought. Based on how I felt during the swim, I expected a time of 30 minutes. I was shocked when I looked at my watch while running to T1.
I tried to concentrate on good catches and long, slow strokes. I sprinted the last 200m. Other than that, it was a very relaxed swim.

I think this was about as good as I could have done. If I pushed any harder it would have messed with the rest of my day.

T1 was fast. I took off my own wetsuit and geared up pretty fast. Some B set up her transition area JUST before the start. She pushed all the bikes over and set up her FULL-SIZED towel under my bike and left her bag on top of my towel. WTF! I kicked her sh-t out the way and got my shoes on.

Freaking slow bike leg. Lots of folks passed me on this leg. I rode up some of the longer hills with a nice guy named Boyd. I told him about BT. :P
The hills were really daunting, and quite a challenge, but I think I held back too much. I was constantly worried about blowing up, so took it easy. If I rode the course more, I think I'd be more confident to power up some of those hills.

Ride the course a few times before the race.

Super fast transition. I am pleased with this one. I even had time to take off one sock and clear a few rocks.

Holy f-cking hills, Batman. This 10k is silly! It was either shuffling or bone-jarring, flying downhill. I said "Good job" to every person I saw. The winner was super nice. Then 6 people didn't talk to me. Then Dan Cadreil said hi. I asked if we could switch numbers, he laughed. I saw motomort, Ryan. He yelled out.

It was getting really hot and windy at this point, and I was dreaming of water stations. It was all I could do to keep running. I saw one guy ahead at the end and decided to pass him. I did and sprinted the last mile. He was the only person I passed. I'll take it.

Dustin was at the finish line. He brought me some water and we talked about his first tri. Way to go, Dustin.

Train on hills and bring a camera for this run. The views were amazing.