Half Full 40-mile Triathlon - Triathlon

A solid swim for me, despite some problems getting goggles adjusted - had to stop a couple times to fix. Finished 3rd overall on the swim leg. I love the time trial start format at this event - makes things much less congested; why don't more races do this?

I like that they moved the timing mat from the T1 entrance to the swim exit - makes for more accurate swim splits.

Fix my damn goggles

This includes an uphill run about about 1/4 mile into T1. And a wetsuit change, so I am ok with this time. Wore arm warmers underneath the wetsuit for the first time - this worked well.

not much

Decent bike leg, but honestly I was hoping for a bit faster. My bike speeds seem to have plateaued last spring. Not sure what this means, but I would have really like this to be around 19mph. I felt like I was pushing a strong pace though.

no issues

Meh, me and the run still don't get along great. This was slightly faster than my run pace at Columbia, which I guess I should be happy about. But it is clear I still really need to improve the running if I am going to be competitive at this. Finished the bike leg in 8th overall, but lost a lot of ground in the run, especially the back half to fall to 18th.

Yet another frustrating miss at a podium finish. Despite 18th overall I wound up 5th in my age group. In any other age group (older or younger) I would have been top-3. Oh well, I guess I shouldn't worry about things I can't control.

This is fast becoming one of my favorite events: time trial start, nice course, well organized, not obscenely expensive, for a good cause, plus it has that cool cancer-survivor vibe going on. I'll be back even though it is not a local race for me any more.