Ranking is out of 70 men.

swam well. did not catch the former swim coach in front of me. she caught and passed the guy in front of her. I caught him on the last lap, so I just hung back in his wake - drafting and saving energy on the last 25 yards.

Perhaps train more speed? Join Masters? - Good swim for me.

14 of 70. Pretty good transition. I need to put my glasses on before helmet. lost maybe one second. After crossing the timing mat, I missed the clip in on the first try. Probably lost a few seconds.

glasses before helmet.

Good race pace. Started out maybe just a little harder than I wanted, but I did hold it in close to what was right.

The new bike fit is great and I stayed in Aero most of the way, just jumping to feet to crest the little hills (practicing)

Here's what I learned: The few tenths of seconds I saved by trying to stay aero around the big turn, I probably lost rolling around in the grass and dirt beside the road. There was a rock in my path around the turn, rather than pullin the turn sharper I chose to go wide, which sent me into the gravel at the side of the road. Rear tire slipped out, hit the curb and bounced me off into the tall grass and weeds.

I was a bit disoriented and a little dizzy, two vollunteers were there instantly. Took me a couple of tries to get up and be steady. They were quite concerned. I've got just a little road rash on my sholder and a couple on my ankle, probably where it hit the curb. bike seems to be ok. This afternoon, my deltoid is fairly sore, and I've also got a bruse on my right hip.

Come out of aero for bigger/faster turns. I'm much better at manuvering the bike with hands on the handlebars.

Still I'm fairly happy with my pace. I wanted 20 mph, and managed 19.6 even with rolling around in the dirt for a while.

The RD came over to check on me after the fall. Talked with him for a few seconds.

25th of 70 - just a little slower in T2

Not fall on bike? not drop my riding glove while riding out of T1.

Practice T2, go faster, run faster into and out of T2

As usual it takes me ~.3 miles to be able to run. Took a gel on the way out of t2. grabbed a drink upon entering the loop part of the course. I was able to pick it up to the tempo pace and felt pretty good about it. Because I was a bit uncertain as to whether I had done two loops or three I didn't really kick it till the last 100 yards or so.

An excellent run, although I probably could have put a little more into it.

Pay more attention to laps. Run more intervals in practice. Kick up the effort earlier.

I'm pleased with my time though. that's the best pace I've seen in a long time, and I know I can do that faster.

Ran over to the pool ~ .3 miles to get my run belt with water bottles, qick pit stop and run back to park and two more miles untill the last finisher.

Went over to the awards ceremony, took three advill from David Shaw, then had a sandwich and a couple bottles of water. After awards 48 minutes running back to pool, then over to college and a couple of loops.


Crashing / poor steering. lack of speed training. lack of focus on the run.


Lots of folks I know, and a few Ironmen. Mike Greer, 70yo Ironman and race director from Lubbock (BSLT) came down to race and we had a chance to visit. Lot's of first timers -and that adds fun and excitement as well. A real good race. Lots of folks I knew and I get to meet a few new triathletes.

AND I got 1st in AG! My first first.