Tri-Historic McKinney - TriathlonSprint

Slurpped down a GU 20 minutes before the start. TT start every 10 seconds. The starter did a good job holding up on the starts if the swimmers were backing up in the lanes. She held the guy 3 spots in front me which meant we had clear lanes. I passed the guy in front me. This was a good comfortable swim. Probably should have gone harder.

Swim faster...it's a sprint.

2/23 & 30/283. Decent transition - helmet on, sun glasses on, race belton, ran with the bike to the mount line. Headed out and got into my shoes fairly quickly. Hadn't practiced getting into my shoes since last season.

OK T1. I racked on the right of the racks because I thought we could run down either side of the racks. When I got to my bike, there were volunteers not letting us run on the right side. Not sure why. It didn't make any sense to me. Cost me a few seconds in T1.

The weather was rainy, cold and windy; a pretty miserable morning. Headed out in my new Team Zoot/GU gear. The first mile or so was cold. After that I warmed up and wasn't cold.

The slick roads really slowed me down in the corners. I took all the corners very cautionously. I didn't want to go down in this race. I liked this bike course. I wish the weather would have been better so I could ride it hard and not worry about the slick roads. Passed lots of people.

No nutrition on the bike. Didn't need it.

Bike faster...it's a sprint.

Quick T2. Flying dismount. Glasses into my mouth. Helmet unbuckled. Ran with the bike. Racked. Helmet off. Hat on. Glasses on. Then struggled with my shoes. My feet were numb from the cold. I couldn't feel them. I didn't wear socks.

Go to one knee to get shoes on.

In T2 I heard someone say "Go Craig". I looked up and saw John (jcagg90) cheering Craig (docshock1964)on. Craig had just left T2. I headed out about 20 seconds behind him. So, now I had my rabbit. The first half mile was wierd because I couldn't feel my feet. I kept my eye on Craig and made my goal to catch him.

I just ran as hard as I could. Looked at my HR a few times to make sure I was at LTHR. I was.

Never could make up any time on Craig. He slowly pulled away. I ran the last mile pretty much full out, puke a lung intensity.

Run faster...it's a sprint.

None. Stood around and froze my azz off. There were a bunch of BT'ers at this race - jcagg90, docshock1964, jah2212, teechris, davidb, kend (who vonlunteered, thanks) and others. Always great to see these guys and gals.


Rain and cold. Not training for sprint distance. No speed training.


Ironhead always puts on decent races. They are consistently OK. There was lots of food - bannanas, oranges, pizza, spaghetti, coffee, honey buns. The Kawanias are the owners of the race. They did a great job with the vonlunteer part of the event.