Results were preliminary, so they may need editing. They aren't on the net yet.

The start was one at a time every 5 seconds. Times were not seeded, it was by age group alphabetically. First time I have ever did this in open water. I felt good on the swim but didn't really capitalize on drafting opportunities. The turnaround buoy was a pretty long way out and my navigation on the way out wasn't great. On the way back, I was much better and even passed a couple of folks. I think the course could have been a little long but that could have been how I swam it.

Just need swimming practice. I have let off on the swim and am paying for it.

You got to mount and dismount at the end of your rack. That was cool so I didn't bother with shoes on pedals. Good transition, no issues at all.

Wow, this was a different experience. I am very happy with my ride but it was challenging. I hit 35 mph once and I also hit 8 mph. It was a constant yoyo. I am getting more compfortable on the P3 but I am not convinced it was the bike for this course. I usually rank higher on the bike but the competition here was a little tougher than many of the races we do as it was a regional club championship race.

I will fret over which bike to ride, but I am pretty happy with my race as we never get to train on this type of terrain.

flawless

Very good run for me. The course was rolling hills on the first part and I felt good on this part. When I got to the bottom of the damn the sun came out of the clouds and it got hot but I pushed hard. At approx mile 4 you had to run up to the top of the dam for the last mile. That part was really tough. I could see my wife chasing me when I turned on the levy and I kept recalling her passing me at the finish last week so I pushed hard and actually extended my lead in the last mile. We just started picking up our run mileage about 2 weeks ago and I felt like it really helped. I am a big guy and my run really suffers in the heat but it didn't today. I think my overall run rank was really good for this distance relative to most of my races.

Run faster!!! Have to continue on run form and building speed. I still had some ankle pain at the end and that actually limits me more than aerobic capacity. My avg hr on the bike was higher than the run today which is very unusual.

Cheered my wife in. They had a hose with a sprinkler hanging from a pole so I took a shower with my wife and some other people.


Swim - Sighting and training effort
Bike - lack of experience on this type terrain
Run - I am slow


This was a super race. Cheering volunteers, 5 cold water stations, excellent police protection and lots of draft marshalls are just some of the hilites. The plaques for the winners and age groupers were also very nice, but we didn't get one.

The only knocks were they only had water on the run, for that distance powerade would have been nice. They also did not have mile markers.

As someone who races alot, I would recommend this race highly.

If your still reading, we went back to the hotel and based on the latest weather forecast we decided to go back to New Orleans so folks leaving Florida and Alabama could have the room. My family lives in Gulf Shores and they called at 6 tonite and are evacuating to my house now. 9 people and 2 dogs will be fun. I will update when results are posted.