Shawnee Mission Triathlon - International Distance - TriathlonSprint

Felt better about the swim then time reflects. Kept my head down and NEVER stopped swimming to sight. Felt good about the line I took.

Swim harder

Transition went well until I realized that I forgot to gear down my bike and there was a hill coming out of T1. I almost couldn't get going with only one shoe clipped in.

gear down...learn to jump on the bike

Borrowed PPaulin's aero helmet. I knew these things made a difference, but I had never used one on a course I was familiar with. On the big downhill on the backside of the course, the helmet improved my top speed by almost 2 MPH!!!

OK, so I come blazing into the bike rack and kind of forgot that the Transition are is NOT flat. I was moving downhill, flung my bike onto the rack and the whole rack fell over...luckily there was only one other bike on the rack(a vintage 80's 10 speed). I froze for about 2 seconds trying to figure out if I was going to pick up the bikes or just take off. About that time I saw a yellow volunteer shirt appear out of the corner of my eye. I yelled THANKS and took off!
WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, MY T2 TIME WAS EIGTH OVERALL!!

be a little more controlled while racking the bike.

I thought I was doing well on the run. My strategy was to just get through the first mile without pushing too hard due to the hills. I ran a sub 8 2nd mile but I just couldn't hold onto the pace knowing that I had to climb those last two hills going to the finish.

push harder on the pace!

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