Heading down to transition with my rear wheel on race morning.
Getting transition setup while listening to The Explosion.
More fiddling.
The long walk along the beach down to swim start.
Just about there.
Getting the wetsuit on, and swim warmup.
I'm in the blue cap.
Go!
In the background, just coming up to the beach.
Still in the water, starting to remove my wetsuit.
Coming out of the water, after taking my wetsuit off. We had a 250 yd run in the sand, which I didn't want to do in the wetsuit.
Exit from transition was backed up. I ran past the group and jumped on a bit further out.
Coming back in from the bike course.
Starting the run. All smiles!
Just past the turnaround on the first out and back lap.
Still feeling really good!
Ambushed again by my Dad with the camera. He was all over the run course.
Towards the end of my second lap. About 3 miles to go!
Head down, plugging away. I know I've got a shot at sub-5 now if I can hold pace.
Entering the home stretch. Just passed a woman pro having a really bad day, but refusing to give up. Props to her!
All done! Standing at the transition entrance feeling a little tired, but very happy. I like my tan lines.