HEY! I was at that race yesterday! I did the Olympic distance!

Sounds like you had a great race. The weather actually worked out perfectly I thought. A little muggy at times, but the cloud cover and sprinkles really made for some fast racing! I think that's why I ran probably 80% of the run! I walked up the hills though.

The rain was an annoyance on the bike though. At one point it got kind of hard so I slowed down. Which dropped my average from a 20 mph average to 18 mph (I hit the lap button on my Garmin). I figured not having a wreck was more important than keeping my average up.

The swim was... confusing? I had a hard time finding which buoy to swim to next, since I couldn't SEE them. And after you made the first right turn, it was waves in the face the entire time. I couldn't even see over the waves to know where to go. I just followed the crowd. It worked.

I had a great race too! I didn't taper for it... even rode 70 miles the day before the race... and still placed 10th in my AG (out of 19). Thankfully they gave out medals 10 deep so I got my first medal from a race for placing.

Welcome to Texas!