Fastest pace I have ever ran for this distance since HS. Felt good. Took me a little while to get warm since I am use to 80 and 90s and the started race temp. was less than 60. Paced myself most of the race with a guy wearing SBR Multisport gear, which was where I bought my bike. Wanted to talk to the guy post-race to find out where he was from, but never got around to it.

Run faster if I could...seriously, I was happy with the run. I was expecting sub 7 and that's what I did.

No major issues. Had some Hammer Gel and water.

Prob averaged around 22-23 on the flats, but there were prob 6 or so climbs where I was only averaging high single digits to low double digits. Got passed a lot on uphills and then passed back on downhills and flats. Not sure why...maybe I had more top gears for the downhills or I need more practicing climbing. Paced w/ the same SBR Multisport guy. Calves started to cramp about 1/2 way through. Had one bottle of gatorade.

Need to practice hills. Practice some run/bike bricks...maybe that was part of the cramping issue...but who really knows.

Almost lost the bike on the dismount...had right leg over to left side. Came in a tad fast and when I dismounted my back wheel came flying up since I was on the breaks hard. Still using cages and not biking shoes so transitions were quick. Had some more Hammer Gel and water.

Woohoo, finally finished 4th in my AG for a segment. Calves were cramping so bad the first 0.25mi that I had to stop on Mkt St bridge for about 5-7s to stretch them out. Luckily the course wasn't too hilly so they were really a non-issues after I got 1mi out although they were still a tab sore.

Nothing much. Got my calves massaged and then did about 0.25mi of light jogging.


Legs cramping on bike and early on 2nd run. Maybe needed more water prior to the race but I drank 32oz prior to the race and I went to the bathroom twice in the 1hr beforehand. Need to improve my bike time...I guess bike shoes and some more training.


They didn't post the race results afterwards. They had water, gatorade, oranges and bananas afterwards, but nothing else. Only other time I ever saw that many ppl on Public Square is during the Farmer's Market:)

Random thoughts...
Weather was ideal for weds19 (60 & overcast).
B&K, the girls we met at Devilman that were from the Valley raced. One girl finished 2 spots behind me...3rd overall female.
Top finisher...1:15:17 (5:49/mi, 24.9mph, 6:08/mi)... crazy fast and of course in my AG (as were 3 of the top 5)
Nice to sleep at home and only drive 5min to get to the race!!!
I went to bed at 4:30am on Friday night (actually Sat. morning) and then got up at 5am on Sunday morning...can't say i remember those times every being so close in my life on consecutive days.
Lin-Mark had online results less than 12hrs after the race.
Finished 34/103 for males.
I finished 36th overall, yet my best segment rank was 41st. Guess I was consistent and had better than avg T times.