Pigman Triathlon - Sprint - TriathlonSprint

before the start a bunch of guys jumped in front of me. i didn't want to say, "hey guys, i think i'm faster than you in the swim, move." no worries though. got through them without too much trouble. arms felt tired right away. i guess i shouldn't do any more celing sheet rocking two days before ;) i found a pair of feet that said to me, "i'm going about as fast as you, so climb on!" and i said, "thank you mr. feet, i will" i felt like i was holding back a little, worried that i was going to kill myself in the swim. i zipped around mr. feet right at the end, but he was wearing a wetsuit, so i don't feel bad. i figured i would beat my swim time from last year of 7:02, and i forgot to hit the split coming out. good thing as i didn't. may have made me mopy the rest of the race.

rest my arms a little more, and perhaps give it a little more gas.

hey, rubber bands worked out okay! t1 was still a bit of a clusterf*$k, but i dropped 2 min from last time. not having to put a shirt on really helped.

not much, i was pretty happy with it.

jumped into the shoes with little difficultly. was going to go nice and slow for a while to get into being vertical. i was in heat 8 so there were a ton of people to pass and you couldn't help but draft off of everyone. i had some diluted gatorade energy drink in the water bottle, a hammer gel and some endurolytes taped to the side of the bike. good bike, felt good, not too hard, not too pansy. was trading places with a guy for a while. the 30-35 males were right behind us so it was hard to tell if a guy passing me was in my ag. i felt pretty good on the hills, they weren't too bad, but i was saving a little something for them. drank the bottle, got the endurolytes about mile 10 and half the hammer gel at mile 13.5 (note to self, use less tape and more gel in your mouth and not on your bike). might have got out of the shoes a little early, but hey, what are you going to do?

stay in the shoes longer, not tape up the gel so much. good effort, good ride.

another cluster, but extremely happy with time.

not much you can do about too many people.

heh, 69, oh sorry. ah running, the swimmer's anti-sport. running has long been the bane of my triathlon existance. seeing guys i crush in the swim and bike blow kisses to me as they float by on the run like i'm standing still. okay, so taking the run out slow. nice conservative effot to save a little for the mostly uphill second half. starting cramping in the stomach, didn't know what from. maybe the hammer gel with too little water. pressed on to the turn around and felt i was in pretty good shape. coming back i was looking at the competiion behind me and didn't see anyone my age! oh, this looks good, maybe i can coast into victory without worrying about.....oh wait, that guy about 300 yards back looks my age, and he looks fast. crap, better pick it up some. cramping worsened and started to get tired. got to the last turn and looked behind me, speedy had gained quite a bit of ground. i sucked it up and finished with what i had left, hoping it was enough. speedy did not catch me (although i found out that he was in the wave after me. so techniquely, he kicked my butt).

finish less like a pansy.

walking around and eating anything i could get my hands on. what a great spread!


not much, i felt pretty good about this race.


looked at my watch at the finish, 1:13! YEAH BABY! in the "unrealistic time goal" i had about a 1:15. looked at the results, 1:13 confirmed, and oh, what's this? age group award!!!!!!! oh billy! my first tri award!!!!!! very excited, made my wife stay the extra two hours after finish for the award ceromony and raffle (rach did very well also beating out two rivals and dropping four minutes). i looked at my splits and i am very pleased. the swim, what are you going to do? but 22 on the bike and sub-7 on the run. happy day! this little piggy kicked some tail!
oh, and i won a free hotel stay as a door prize (which is all booked up for the HIM in august :(