Well, the day finally came and went, and it was great. Thanks to everyone for the support; it was great having family there, especially my awesome wife!
The swim was very difficult; I would lift my head up from the water and the buoy would seem just as far away as the last time. After the swim, I had to run up the beach approx 3/4 of a mile to the bike transition area. The bike trail was full of hills, and some of the parts were very difficult to get over. At one point my bike chain fell off; fortunately, it only took me about a minute to out it back on. I did see a couple people that got flat tires.
After the bike portion was over, I started the hike/run. The "run" was on a trail in the park area and was incredibly difficult; I couldn't have run this trail even if I hadn't swam or done the bike portion. People came back from the "run" portion with bloody knees because there were lots of steep slopes to run down and up.
Here are the stats:
Swim-3/4 of a mile: (36 minutes) 258 Cal. Burned
Bike-13 miles: (54 minutes) 534 Cal. Burned
Run-5 miles: (1 hr 7 min) 551 Cal. Burned
Total time w/ transitions: 2 hrs 47 min 56 sec 1343 Cal Burned
