Comments: I knew coming into this race that my run was no where near what I am expecting, so my goal was to have a good swim, push hard and fast on the bike segment to build a time gap, and then hope it was enough for the run. I definately had a poor run in my opinion, compared to what I know I can do when running healthy. Pushed nearly a 7 min/mile pace, which I know I can do faster. Two major things helped me to the 1st place age-group win: pushing the pace for a fast bike split time, and getting out of each transition in less then 48 seconds. The second place racer in my AG only finished 6 seconds behind me. He had a faster swim, and run segment then me, but took longer in T1. Add up all those seconds here and there, and I was able to nip him in the placing, only barely. Having a distinct race plan, hope it works, and keeping the transitions very, very simple are what were allowed me to finish where I did.
Nice small atmopshere race in a beautiful park. Bummer the swim segment was so shallow
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