Yeah, I suck in the water. Only 2md swim in quite a while. First ever real ocean swim (IMFL didn't count as the water was like a pool that day). Never got into a rhythm swimming freestyle. Came real close to saying screw it and dropping out as I mentally wasn't there but pushed on ..... breaststroke. Must have swallowed about a gallon of salt water when I did try to freestyle regardless of which way I tried to breathe and would start to get mildly sea sick trying freestyle. I actually think the swim was shorter than 1.5k, but time was right around what I did at Nations last week (which I thought was long but where I had a really solid swim).

Swim?? It's been two months since I've done any training in the water.

7/42 in AG and 57/391 overall. Which considering how I wasn't really putting a lot of effort into moving quickly goes to show I'm fairly efficient overall. Even with a lackluster blasse attitude I still put in a relatively good time here.

Hurry the hell up. I could have been about 30 - 45 seconds faster here easily including the run up from the beach and such.

I just had nothing in the legs. No pop, no oomph, nothing. Didn't even try to go with the few people that passed me (all from the 40 - 49 wave behind me). I caught a lot of people and was never in any threat from anyone in my AG but I just had no power at all. It was more going through the motions.

Compared to last week this ride sucked. In fact in general this one sucked. Yeah, I know. A lot of people would kill for this sort of split. But I rode this course last year almost 5 minutes faster and still put up a decent run split. This year I was just anxious to get it over with and was dreading the run ahead.

Train on the bike - like the swim it has been 2 months basically. Not have a bum heart that requires medication which slows me down.

Pretty solid transition. When I got in and saw hardly any bikes on the racks around me I was a little more motivated to get moving. 8/42 for AG and 55/391 overall.

Get into the shoes faster. I also walked for a few seconds while putting on my visor and number belt when I usually would be running. Only a few seconds lost there though.

Felt better on the run. Of course that was all sparked by stopping on the run out to the street and giving Mir a big sloppy sweaty kiss!! A little dip and flare before heading down the street. Julie (our friend and neighbor) caught it on her i-phone and it was a great shot! ;-)

I was actually feeling okay on the run and held back just a hair at the start since last week I started out fast and then faded. Picked it up after I passed the only woman who started in the "elite" wave (all 6 people that did that) and then just tried to pick off a few more. At the turn around I was about 30th on the road (knowing there were still plenty of people that started in waves after me that could be faster than me) so that made me feel a little better. Started to tire toward the end but still stayed fairly even with pace. Got passed by 3 more guys later in the run, none in my AG. As the finish approached I knew there were a few more coming so I picked it up and didn't let them catch me. Last week I didn't care and let about 5 people past me in the last mile, so from that perspective it was a success.

Nothing, best run I could do on dead legs. Pretty content with this leg of the race.

Got some drinks and fruit and looked for Mir, Julie, Matthew and the kids. Talked for a few minutes then went to close up my transition and meet everyone for the post race grub.


Training, racing last weekend, heart medication.


This is a really nice race in a family friendly area put on with assistance from the Columbia Tri Assoc. I didn't have a very good race either mentally or physically, but the event itself was well done as always and it has some of the best post-race grub of any tri that I do, plus all the beer you can drink!! ;-)