Tie-Dye Tri - TriathlonSprint

My watch actually said under 8. Probably just mat placement. Passed one woman in lap 8 or; she'd been passed at least once already. Nobody anywhere near me from the rear.

Put shoes on and ran, rather than trying flying mount, since it's a short way to mount line. Worked fine.

2nd in group

Good ride, aero all the time, never came out of the big ring. Really nice having closed lanes.

My big disaster of the race: Thought that dismount was coming into parking lot, not at the end of the lot. So I got out of my shoes early. But real problem was that as I was riding atop shoes, one foot slipped off. Shoe unclipped, had to stop and run back for it. Then other came off, so had to run quite a ways with bike and shoes in hand. Probably cost me 90 seconds. Not enough to change my AG finish overall, but might have put me into top 10 overall.

2nd in group

Good run. Never had a weird feeling coming off the bike. Saw guy ahead to start, caught him more quickly than I thought I would and just hung with him. Was already thinking at 2k this was a guy I'd have to outsprint at the end. But I dropped him soon after that. Passed a few other people, and only got passed once or twice.

Hanging with friends.


Bike dismount/shoe error.


I know some of the event organizers, and really hope to talk with them about improving some details, such as having bike/run cross each other too often. I think there are some easy solutions.