7:00 a.m. start
1:40 swim (out at 8:40 a.m.)
T1 10 min or less (on bike by 8:50 a.m.)
Bike loop 1 2:15 (11:05 a.m.)
Bike loop 2 2:20 (1:25 p.m.)
Bike loop 2 2:30 (3:55 p.m.)
T2 10 min (on run by 4:05 p.m.)
First loop 90 min (5:35 p.m.)
2nd loop 95 min (7:10 p.m.)
Third loop 100 min (8:50 p.m.)

Left the hotel at 4:50 a.m. and arrived at Mission Valley YMCA around 6:05. Misread trolley schedule thinking first trolley of morning would be at the station at 5:11; turns out first one was 5:28 a.m., and then that one was out of service so we had to wait for the next one. Meanwhile, a caucasian male accompanied by a hispanic youth started a conversation with me (I was the only other person on the platform except for a homeless black guy who kept to himself) about how he was taking the trolley to Tijuana and never coming back because of the Obama administration and the way this country treats vets. I told him that while I disagree with many of the current administration's policies, moving to Mexico was not the answer. He replied that when we take our troops out of the Middle East, we'll have more terrorist attacks here and that he'd be safer in Mexico. I raised my eyebrows at that, and was going to ask him if he'd been following the drug cartel-related killings on and near the border, but decided that silence was the better choice. I wished him good luck, and he said, "Good luck to you -- you're staying here!"

Ahhh, the people you meet on a trolley platform at 5:15 a.m.

On another note, though, the swim was unpleasantly hard. The first 500 went by easy, especially in times (2:23 per 100, which is quite fast for me). I was trying to keep it easy, but the 100's got harder as the session went on. I had to force myself past 1500, and quit at 1700. I hope that it's just a bad practice, kind of like a stage production usually has a really bad final rehearsal, and then everything goes perfect on opening night!