Blue Lake Olympic Triathlon

I'm back- sorry for the silence. Anyway, did the Blue Lake Olympic distance triathlon today. Yesterday it rained and rained and was supposed to be the same today, but it held off and the pavement was dry. Got in the water and it wasn't that bad temperature-wise. Started off and stayed with the main group getting banged around, but the goggles were not hit, so it was ok. Got to about the third or fourth buoy out of five and started to flag, so I consciously stepped it up and stayed fast. At the last buoy coach Denise and her husband caught up with me and said to draft them into the finish, unfortunately turning the last corner was hard and I lost them and pooped out and came in at 28:48 or so an Olympic distance best by over 7 minutes. Then up the ramp and onto the bike. The bike course is on Marine Drive which is flat and fast normally. My back was stiff, so I couldn't stay in the aeros for long stretches and the wind was a headwind both directions, so I guess it was actually a side wind. Anyway, just plugged along trying to keep it over 20 and when in the aeros I would do 21-22. Came across the mats and my speedometer said a 20.3 average- unfortunately the results haven't been posted yet, so I don't know for sure. Then a fairly short transition to the run. I started out easy and built up to a comfortable pace and kept it there. The first mile my watch said 8:48 and I sped up a little and would high-five each person of the Headhunters as they passed- that was fun. Flagged the last .2, but still came into the finish at 54:06 a triathlon 10K best, but not a 10K best. I had stopped the watch after the swim instead of hitting the lap button, so I missed the first transition, but my watch said 2:30, so if I had a 4 or 5 minute transition I did 2:35, an Olympic distance best by over 30 minutes!
As for my silence- I hit the wall right after my last post. I was fine when clipped into the bike or when running, but when not working out, not right. The buzzing in my head for a couple of days should have been a big clue. So I cut way back on the training and went to Warner-Robins AFB Georgia for a week long conference. They had a great running path on base there and I did 6.4 miles one day and 9.2 two days later. Also ruined my training diet- there was nothing healthy to eat there and tons of sweet tea to drink. Anyway, emotionally and mentally I was not right after the last post and I damaged a relationship with the most amazing person and friend I've ever known. That's why I stopped blogging and commenting, silly, my kids and family are healthy and well, I'm healthy and fine- but it hurts and I see no way to repair it.