Had my Aquathlon race this morning down in La Jolla, Southern California. No warmup and went right into the mile swim. The water was about 63 degrees, so I elected to not wear a wetsuit, but a skin - DeSoto Liftoil. I clocked a 23:29 for the 1739 yards (1:21 pace). I didn't start to feel good until 3/4 the way through - both from no warmup and yesterday's 5k+ swim. Oh well, here for the fun of it. My girlfriend, Heidi, passed me (with wetsuit) about half way through, though when I started feeling good, I was moving back up on her. Nevertheless, she climbed out of the water with a 20 second lead. It was a combined race - both have the same swim, but then 5k and 10k low-tide beach runs, repeating a 1 mile loop. She was doing the 10k.
My run sucks and I felt clunky for a mile and watched Heidi simply disappear into the distance. I finished in 27:13 for 3.16 miles (8:37 pace... ughhh!). I finished 7th OA and 1st in my age group. Heidi went on for three more 1-mile laps and finished 2nd OA and first woman. For that effort, she won a huge homebaked apple pie (ok, restaurant made, by a dessert chef, specifically for this race.)
Proud member of FISHTWITCH: doing a bit more than fish exercise now.