Everyone said the course was long due to a drifting buoy, times reflect that.

Not a bad swim considering. Got a little beat up early, hung back for a few seconds to get some less turbulent water. Did manage to draft a little bit early, swam the whole thing with a crawl stroke except a little breaststroke around the final buoy to catch my breath.

Still need to work on the swim.

2006's time: 17:53, shorter course. ;)

Swim exit on a dock, had trouble getting footing on steps to get out the water. Then you climbed a set of stairs and ran up about 50 yards of embankment. From there, it was about another quarter-mile or more to the transition area, running barefoot on the asphalt.Took my time, slow jog.

rack was on the far side of transition, near the bike exit. Once I got to the bike, got helmet on easily, short run with bike to mount line, decent mount and takeoff.

Too long of a run, too little run training.

Started off pushing too hard and getting frustrated with an average in the low 21mph range. Didn't raalize until later that there was a headwind going out, was able to average 23 coming back.

Eh, carrying too much extra weight around the middle.

2006's time:50:23

Uneventful dismount, racked well, got shoes on, grabbed race belt and hat, and took off. Longish run out of transition, met immediately by a massive wall of heat and humidity.By this time it's 92F.

Nada.

Best described as a survival jog. managed to run all of the first half, then walked through the water stops and up the hill on the way back. Last year I remember passing rivals strongly on the last hill then sprinting most of the last mile. This year, not so much.

2006's time: 23:26

Train. Have only run twice since June, both times in races.

Did tell the RD that next year I'm going to wait until October to do the run. T2 time will suck, but my run will be a lot faster in cooler temperatures.

Drank about ten Gatorades.


Plantar fasciitis. Been fighting it since December, have run less than a quarter of what I ran last year, have also put on 20 or so pounds.

2006's total time- 1:35:16, this year a full 15:30 slower.


Best race in Louisiana.