San Francisco Recap

What a trip. I am going to give a race recap in three parts, pre-race and swim, bike, and run. However it was a resounding success. Without knowing what to expect I was hoping for a 3-3:10 race and ended up coming in at 2:54, so well under my goals. I will break down each portion in the next few posts. The city of SF is one of the best places I have had the chance to visit, and it was even more special getting to spend some time with just my wife sans the kids (which we adore). It has been quite a long time since we have had a vacation with just the two of us.

Flights out of Atlanta went off and bike shipping was a breeze.

Everything arrived in one piece and we had a morning ride the first day and were able to get into the water on Saturday to acclimate to the water. There were a lot of people down there at the water when we did our swim and we were able to chat it up with many of them. We also had a chance to meet some of our fellow competitors from Georgia as well.

Food was great while in town, and we did a lot of the standard tourist things like Alcatraz, Golden Gate Bridge, and the cable cars. The best part outside the race was all of the great meals and adult time we were able to get in.

On Saturday we picked up our packets and got to see some cool bikes, and met some of the pros as well. Macca, Andy Potts, Hunter Kemper were all there as well as Michille Jones. Check out the cammo bike with the antler aerobars at the bottom