The water temperature really was too warm for full wetsuits. I actually thought I was having a good swim up to about the 1000 meter mark. I was overheating and losing power so bad the last 500 meters. I swam a little off course into the channel and I think the current picked me up a little. Just a horrible last 500 meters. Swimming continues to be the thing that is preventing me from placing really well in these things. Just a terrible swim....very frustrating.

I think I need a sleeveless to help prevent overheating in these 70+ temperature swims. Other than that I would have tried to stay on course a little better the last 500 meters and draft some. Perhaps stop once and a while to get some cool water in the suit.

Felt pretty hot and miserable coming out of the water. I went as fast as I could but just felt to crappy to have a fast transition. T1 was sort of a cluster**** anyway with the packing of stuff in the garbage bags.

Not sure.

Overall, I'm fairly happy with the bike. I was so overheated from the swim that it took me a good 5 miles or so to get in a decent rythm. I was averaging about 20mph at the 5 mile mark on a fairly flat course which isn't all that great. The 2nd half of the ride was really fast and that's where I made up alot of time.

Figure out how I can have a better start to the bike. The same thing happened at Columbia. It took me a good 15 minutes to cool down and feel good on the bike after the swim. I'm not sure how to fix this.

Jumped off bike (first time) and had a decent transition.

Nothing

I can't help but be a little disappointed with my run. I should have been able to run 40-41 minutes on this course without too much of a problem. My run time was good....but not what I expected. I could tell at mile 1 that it wasn't going to be a great run. I had my buddy Dave ahead of me that kept me moving. I ended up catching him with 1.5 miles to go and was really starting to bonk at this point. Dave (jhulax on BT) increased his pace and I had to give 120% to stay with him. He was nice enough to lead me home and we ended up crossing the line together which was cool. Great race Dave!!!! After I crossed the line I actually passed out and had to be dragged to the baby pool. It didn't take long to regain my composure but I can't say that has ever happened before. I'm not sure if it was due to dehydration or overheating. I'm thinking overheating was the cause because I really never felt comfortable after that miserable, hot swim.

I was dragged from the finish by volunteers to the baby pool. I don't really remember this. I woke up and saw somebody above me putting on rubber gloves. This was enough to get me up and drinking fluids. I'm not sure what he was going to do to me...but I'm sure it wouldn't have been fun.


Figure out why I had such a terrible swim and what caused the not-so-great run. I was either overheated or dehydrated (maybe both) on the run. Need to figure out how to prevent that in the future.


Setting things up on Saturday was a little confusing. I don't have too much experience with triathlons and the double transition zone thing was a bit confusing to me. I was worried that things were going to be equally as confusing on Sunday but they weren't. The event on Sunday was almost perfectly run. The course was great, the volunteers were great and the police were great. Mile markers would have been nice though.

I can't help but think that I should have been able to have a 2:15 on this course. With simply an average swim and a better run this would have been possible. I know I can run a sub-40 on a course like this but it just didn't work out that way. I also need some work on the swim/bike transition. I have such an uneasy feeling coming out of the water that it takes me a while on the bike to shake it.