It was pretty crowded as then sent out all males doing the olympic tri in a single wave. I started on the left side, but would have preferred starting on the right due to the current. Did good getting to the first buoy but it was still crowded and got kicked right in the goggles. Thankfully they didn't come on and I kept going. After that i got a little off course and had to cut back in. I tried using other swimmers to keep a straight line, but that just wasn't working. I tried sighting more but the swells made it hard to see the next buoy. Got off track again during swim to shore, but we have current more at our back so coming in was really fast.

Nothing, best Olympic swim ever for me.

Ran into T1 at a moderate pace as I was trying not to spike my HR. My wetsuit got stuck on my heels a bit, but came off easy on the second attempt. Put my helmet on and grabbed the bike and was off.

Practice swim to bike bricks a bit more

On the way out was pushing just over 22mph with no problem as the wind was at my back. Wish I would have pushed a bit harder knowing I'd have a headwind on the way back in. But the out section was pretty uneventful. Coming back in you immediately hit a head/crosswind on the bridge. Was working hard to hold between 20-21mph. Going through one of the round abouts a car in front of me started slowing down. I thought he saw me and wouldn't do the same at the next round about, but he came to an almost complete stop and I nearly slammed into the back of him, and the cop standing there didn't seem to care one bit. Otherwise the rest of this ride was uneventful as well. I had a GU at about mile 5 and I usually would have another at about mile 20, but i decided against it.

Nothing, overall had a good ride, wanted to be around 1:08 and with the hellish headwind I was happy in the high 1:08's

So as I'm coming into T2 there is a guy slowing down in front of me. He stopped about 10yds in front of the dismount line and jumped right in front of my bike, even with me yelling on your left. I had to swerve a little to the left and hopped off my bike earlier then I would have liked. Racked my bike and took the helmet off. Got my right shoe on easy, then my left one gave me some problems. But otherwise it was a pretty good transition.

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So I started out feeling pretty good. I wearing the new racing flats I had got a couple weeks ago. They are feeling nice and light on my feet. Get to the first aid station and look at my watch, 7:45, thinking okay, good first mile, then about 2mins later I see mile marker 1. I think to myself what the fuck. But I figure they are more worried about the HIM race so I'll use there mile markers to time my pace. Look at my time at there mile 5 marker. Then get to the out and back section in the park that goes through a parking lot. Thinking the aid station at the enterance is probably about 3 miles and they will just have us head back towards the finish. Well coming out of the parking lot there is the 3 mile marker for us. I look at my watch and see 29:47. I think there was no fucking way I'm running 10min/miles. Well we get back to the point I think they will send us left, but they send us right. Now I start thinking this freaking run is going to be long as hell. We finally hit the turn around at the RV park and I'm thinking either I am running extremely slow or this is the longest 10K i've ever done. There were points when I wanted to say screw it and just walk. Figured my sub 50min 10K was out of the question and no way I would make my under 2:30 for the race. So I just stopped looking at my watch and ran. I could feel myself slowing down because of fatigue. I took water at every aid station and drank half, poured half on my head. They also provided HEED on the course, which is absolutely disgusting. Hit the point were we come out of the park and figured I'd pick up the pace. Just before the final turn I looked at my watch and saw I'd still just sub 2:30. So i was happy about that, but not my run time.

After the race I was talking to the Asst RD and asked about the run course. The part that we were suppose to do a short out and back by the RV park was only suppose to be 1/10th of a mile, but they send us all the way down. They remeasured it later and said it was .4 long. When I mapped it on mapmyride.com I had it at 6.7 miles, but I'll go with there 6.6.

Nothing, ended up being good splits for the length of the course.

Nothing. Got a gatorade and headed to the food tent.


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This is usually a pretty good race and the fact they remeasured the run course shows they are willing to right there wrong. After the race there is really no shade unless you sit in the food tent the entire time.