Finished 13 minutes faster this year, which was actually only second sprint. I already did an olympic this year.
Being 35, I started in the second wave of he swim and finally realize why so many people dread the swim. I was kicked and scratched and Mallachi Crunched until I finally out-bullied the crowd and cruised in with a time of 15:07 for the 750-meter swim.
Having bought a road bike and done some real training this year, I was surprised to be passing people on the bike and wound up blowing myself out early. My stomach also had some issues with the Gatorade and that slowed me down too. But after drinking water only for a little bit, I got it together and finished the 15-mile course in 45:45.
The run was mostly a trail run and having rain recently it was pretty soft, but not really slippery. The organizers (www.set-upinc) filled in some rough spots with some type of fine gravel which was nice. I ran straight through and finished the 5-k 26:00.
Had a great race and actually got to talk to a few people!