Actually, I'm graduating from UC Irvine in a few weeks. I'll be working in a lab on the UCSD campus for a year. The Carlsbad tri looked fun, but I wanted to do an olympic distance, so I sided with the pendleton one. I'll probably bike up there that day to check out the action, though. I'll be living near UCSD and I'll be training in the area. Whereabouts are you located? I'm looking for training partners and I think the tri will be a lot of fun.