Nice smooth swim that felt short after the last couple of Oly races. My sighting was good, although I did have to stop and clear my goggles after turning toward shore as they were fogged and I couldn't see the buoys.

Got a draft penalty..see my later comments. The ride was good otherwise. My legs were extremely sore from Thursday's bridge ride, so I just sat down and spun. Good pacing up the hills. Passed a ton of people, was passed by 2 guys, one in my age group, who I then chased throughout the run.

Good run for me. I felt good and was chasing several guys in my age group, but never did pass them. I think there were 4 of us, separated by less than 2 minutes at the finish.

Walked around a bit, ate some cookies and watermelon. I felt like the race was just a warmup; I could've gone and done a real ride afterward! :)


I'm putting this race report up mainly so I'll have it to search on later..I know it wasn't any epic race or performance.

At any rate, I am happy with my performance today; averaged 21 mph on a hilly bike course, reasonable swim for me, and a decent run. You can tell by my rankings in the events where I spend my time, though:

Swim: 25/34, Bike 6/34, Run 19/34. :)

The annoying part: I got a drafting penalty, and I know exactly where and when. I got passed by 2 guys just as we were coming up on at least 2 more riders, and we hit a slight rise. The guy who'd just passed in front immediately slowed down, and there we were, trying to get unbunched.

I actually coasted and braked, trying to get some separation from this jackass. I heard the motorcycle in back of me about this time.. I repassed both of these guys, and got clear in front, but the motorcycle came back by me, and I figured they were writing my number down.

Argggh. I'm not sure why it even bothers me; I went from 13th to 16th in the age group results, no money or professional standings are involved, but I just know I wasn't drafting. One of the refs is actually a guy from our tri club, I may ask him about it but I will probably just say "F it" and try to avoid that situation in the future..if I can.

Don't want to leave this on a bad note; it was a beautiful day for a race, my training and body composition are coming along, and I'm happy to have been there. My actual bike time would've put me 27th out of 332 entrants. :)

We left in time to return to the hotel and swim some, and then went to Orlando to eat at the Crazy Buffet. Mmmm..this place has filet mignon, Mongolian BBQ, sushi, shrimp, Chinese food, and probably some other stuff I'm forgetting. Expensive, but worth it.