like my last race I got a good start. after about 100 feet there wasn't anybody close. I had started to the left so I had a slightly longer distance to the first turn. about half way to the first marker my goggles got fogged up and it was hard to sight. this caused me to veer left and give me a longer distance than the other front of pack swimmers. once rounding the first turn I stayed on course throughout the rest of the swim but the time was lost.

not really sure, my last few races I've had this problem with sighting from a fogged up lens...maybe I should try one of those goggles with the much larger lens that are made for open water swimming.

a very easy transition, I didn't lose any time unexpectedly. my place on the rack was in the middle and very crowded which sucks but nothing was knocked over or missing so it wasn't a problem

not much, my new technique of using rubber bands to keep the shoes level then doing the running mount works really well

when I jumped on the bike and rode off I was feeling really good and got into the shoes efficiently. then I look down and see that I'm riding 40 mph!! RIGHT...obviously my comp had a problem. I scrolled through all the functions and nothing was working. this is really annoying. so for the whole ride I ha dno way to guage my speed, cadence, performance, etc...anyway I put in a decent time considering having to climb the bridge twice in such a short ride so I'm happy overall with the ride

might need a new comp. definitely need a new bike, mine is like dragging a boat anchor up the hill. just keep training

the only minor issue was when jumping off the bike one shooe ends up close to the ground and gets dragged. I had to sloww and actually bend over to level the peddles out

not sure

felt good and strong during the run, only a minor cramp early but it went away. at about the 2 mile point a guy in my AG came up beside me and said we were on pace to finish in an hour...so I sped up and paced with him. he pulled away just briefly toward the end but at the finish line we were neck and neck with him just beating me

still need to drink more on the bike to avoid cramping

got some water and food, met up with the wife and kid. walked around for a while then went to pack my stuff. after seeing the results I wasn't too happy (it took some research to realize that everybody was slower in this race not just me...and based on my percentile placing this was actually my best race yet) and my wife and kid were tired so we headed home


my only advantage ove the competition is on the swim so I have to perform flawlessly there. I wasn't able to do so due to sighting and navigation as well as starting too far outside. for my next race I will have new goggle more suitable for open water swimming and even if it means a fight I starting closer to the middle to give my self a shorter distance to swim.


I understand that they moved the venue of this race last minute but the issue with the bathrooms really was inexcusable to me. by now they must know that many athletes will need to use the restroom prior to racing and when you have 728 racers and only 10 portajohns there is a major problem. the line was about 50 people deap and all the untis had run out of paper long before most people had a chance to use them...come on multi-race, that is not cool!!