Woke up early and picked up Dominique. Beautiful day but little chilly. Water felt nice to touch though later right before the swim it was cold.
The swim started and we can see a guy doing the side stroke in the first (elite) wave. Go figure. Finished the swim and ran to T1. They changed it this year. Last year, swimmers just finishing running to T1 were crashing into people finishing the bike so this year they split it. End result, lot of running with no carpet to T1.
This year I did not take the camelback on the bike and still felt good. Made it up Moore's hill and on. I actually tried to draft a little.
The run was good. Saw David Schneider. Got to the lake, took a deep breath and tried to relax. Made that last left and there it was. Those last 3-4 blocks to the Train tracks to the finish line. That's when the sprint started. I saw my target: 2 girls. Boom - passed. I then continued. Passed 15-20 people in that last sprint and 1 more right before the finish line.