Sunday: triathlon-ish

I've decided to turn the Sunday Brick training into Sunday triathlons. Today I actually remembered all of my gear and got to Hapuna Beach early enough to grab a swim before Tammy and Todd arrived. Overall I am well pleased with today's results (aside from the continued crotch numbing on the bike, more on this below)

Activity: Swim
Location: Hapuna Beach Park
Distance: 1000 meters swimming
Time: 24 minutes
Conditions: glassy until about minute 19. Then it got breezy and the water had a very light chop
Tide: seemed pretty low
Time/100 meters: 2.4 minutes (i think, but i am kind of fried and may well be doing the math wrong)
Notes: Due to clear, calm conditions I was able to sight along the lines in the sand on the bottom of the bay and did not have to poke my head out of the water. Hopefully this sort of condition will exist on race day.

Activity: Bike
Route: Hapuna Beach Park -> south to entrance of Mauna Lani Resort -> north to Oopolu Road near Hawi -> south to Hapuna Beach Park
Distance: 50.7 miles
Time: 3 hours 3 minutes (including 3 minute stop to adjust seat)
Conditions: relatively calm until Mahu Kona area. Stiff headwind to Upolu Airport Road. Nice tailwind back to Mahu Kona. Crosswind from Mahu Kona until Lapakahi
Speed: 16.7mph
Notes: This was my first long ride with the borrowed aero bars (many thanks to Hilo Bike Hub). Using the aero bars went OK but on the northbound leg I had a not so pleasant moment a mile or so south of Lapakahi Park when I realized that I had absolutely no sensation at all in my genitals. After moving around my "equipment" and riding a mile or two things seemed to go back to normal. Worst case of numb pecker I have ever had. Last week I had moderate oddball tingly sensations later in the day after our training session. Overall situation is moderately troubling. I believe this is due to body position and the bike frame being too large for me.
Food/Water: consumed one flask of Hammer Gel and the usual two bottles of water/engineered drink stuff.

Activity: Run
Route: Hapuna Beach Park -> end of Puako Road -> return to Hapuna Beach Park
Distance: 8.0 miles
Time: 1 hour 12 minutes
Conditions: alternating overcast and sunny. not terribly hot
Speed: 9 minutes per mile
Notes: running downhill has been causing me some moderate knee pain. During this run I tried moving my vision from the hill in front of me to a spot further down the road. This seemed to make the downhill running pain free. A few moderate blisters on the ends of the 2nd toe on each foot.
Food/Water: I carried a smallish water bottle in my hand for this run (the last few runs at Puako I have definitely been dehydrated by the end). It wasn't horribly annoying to carry and being able to stay hydrated seemed to help me run fairly strong all the way to the finish (aside from a few moments where I almost felt like I was getting a hamstring cramp and/or a strain in my right achilles area). Consumed two Hammer Gel packets during run on the outbound leg.