Ok, so it’s only a sprint, but its the first one in 20 years, so it deserves a RR. 
Original plan - To be out of the swim and T1 in under 8 minutes (400m). Finish the bike in under 36 minutes (20k), and be under 25 minutes for the run (5k), under 1:10 for the entire race.
Swim - Water temp was listed at 74 degrees, but I found out they take the water temp at 3 feet depth. Surface was much warmer, and felt great. We started treading water out away from the shore. I didn’t have too much problem with feet and elbows, but I did screw up by not sighting enough. Ended up whacking my arm off a kayak because I strayed off course to the right (All left turns). Finished the swim feeling pretty good, right in the middle of the pack.
T1 - Ran the 100m to the entrance, then another 50m to where my bike was racked near the T1 exit. Adrenaline was going, I figured screw the socks, cram my feet into the shoes and go. Mistake #1. Spaced washing all the grass and crap off my feet. Ran my bike out of T1 and down the 100m or so to where we could actually mount in the parking lot. Got on, headed out.
Bike - Advertised at 12.2, actual distance 13.7 over the two laps. Olympic would have been long by 3 miles. 5 or 6 90 degree turns and tight turns (Including one 180 degree), saw quite a few people blowing the corners. (One very nice recovery, lady came around, locked the brakes, skidded, banged her disc off the curb and never went down.). Managed to hold a pace of 20.5mph over the whole course, passed about as many as passed me. Felt good, didn’t feel like I was really hurting to make my pace. Mistake #2 - Coming into the dismount, thought I’d do something I’ve never done, just loosening my strap and slipping my feet out of the shoes. Completely f*d it up, lost a good 30 seconds fumbling around, but never fell down. 
T2 - Ok, time for socks. Crap. No socks. Crap. No cap. I swear I packed them, they probably slept in. So, I cram my feet into my shoes and go. Probably under 1 min for T2.
Run - Got 1/4 mile into the run, both calves decided they wanted to give cramp warnings. I slow to a walk, stretch them out on the curb, and keep going. I know I’m doing the “Don’t die shuffle”, but I can’t get myself to go any harder, and actually end up walking 4 or 5 times in the first couple miles. I see a couple people in my AG that are doing the same thing, and I run enough to leave them behind. By mile 1.5 or so, I can feel hot spots on both arches, and I end up with a couple blisters on each foot by the end of the race, and a couple on the top of the foot. I get to mile 2 checkpoint, gulp some gatorade, and decide to at least HTFU and not stop the last 1.1 miles. I accomplish this. Yay me.
So, my total overall time was 1:18:xx (I forget the seconds). I think I made my swim goal, and the bike was 39:22 by pace, not including the quarter mile of running with the bike. Take away the extra 1.5 miles and I made my bike time goal, but that means that my run was close to 30:00 (Please, please let it at least be under 30 mins).
Final analysis: Not too bad, I finished 84th overall (I think around 450 entrants), and 13th in my AG (5 of which I know passed me in the last 1.5 miles of the run), so I might be either FOMOP, or BOFOP. Training needs to be definitely ramped up, I’ve biked about 500 miles since mid Jan, swam maybe 30k since then, and ran about 15-20 miles a week. The last two weeks have been very slack on training, due to work and the whole getting the asthma stuff sorted. (Ok, and I was lazy).
I KNOW that I have more in me for the run especially, and can get a lot more serious about my training. I can drop about 8 more lbs from the engine (Race weight was about 175, 5’10"), and I can drop about 8-10 lbs from the bike (27 lbs). I’m somewhat disappointed in my results, but looking realistically at my training and slackness over the last couple weeks, it’s not too bad. So, back to the training!
John
