I started out really quick over the first few laps but I didn't feel great. It felt like a struggle to get into any sort of rhythm. I was worried about my pace but it turned out I was 24 seconds faster than my race two weeks ago. With the swim feeling like such a struggle I was worried about what the rest of the race was going to fell like.

Try and relax more. I think I was so worried about swimming fast I stressed myself out and it messed with my timing and breathing. I'm not the biggest fan of these races with wave starts in a pool as I usually end up swimming the same pace as slower swimmers or getting worried about by I'm not keeping up with faster ones. I'm much more suited to OWS.

Transition went well except for my mount. While trying to get into my shoes I slipped and caused the shoe to jam on the ground. Then once I slipped my feet in the shoes the velcro straps slid out. It took me about 1k or more to get them back in and tightened. I was at the mount line with a girl from my heat and by the time I got my feet secure in my shoes I was about 300m behind her. It took me about 20 seconds to catch up and pass her. My first 5k split time was 8:19, the splits after that were all in the 7:49 range. So Im guessing that the mis-step cost me about 20 seconds for sure.

Ive had problems with the straps on the shoes before. I have wide feet and the straps slide out pretty easy. I might have to look into different shoes. All in all I guess it was 20 seconds in transition putting them on and running in them or 20 seconds on the bike.

This is my kind of course. Dead flat. Big guys don't do hills, so this course is my equalizer. After my horrible start I started reeling people in. I think I passed 6 people just from my heat and a bunch of others from the previous heat. I was riding well and I knew I was maintaining a good pace. I found myself letting up a little bit and not pushing it as hard as I have in previous sprints. At the end of my first lap I did have one problem, as I was approaching the 180 turn around. the Marshall allowed a car to go. This wouldn't have been too much of a problem but in front the car was now a wheel chair racer. The car held me up for 200-300m which cost me a few more seconds as I pretty much sat up and had to coast to stay out of the cars draft. I evenly had enough room to pass on the inside and then pass the wheel chair.

No much. Raced great and maintained a good comfortable pace.

Everything went pretty smooth. The ground being wet caused my feet to be pretty dirty. I took a second to wipe them off before my shoes went on.

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Wow, this is the best run Ive ever had. I thought I was going to be tired as I ran 17k the day before it it was a struggle, but I just kept getting faster and faster. I couldn't believe my 1k splits kept dropping from 4:27 min/km down to 4:14 min/km. I could believe how great I felt. I sprinted out the last few hundred meters and held off a buddy that I had passed on the bike. He had beaten my by a minute two weeks before so I was pretty happy to do the exact same to him, lol. Only one person passed me on the run, so I was happy with that, and my run rank of 13th is way higher than I have ever been.

Smile more!

Walked around and hugged my little one. Shes such a trooper for putting up with my races,


Genetics


Awesome race. I never looked at my total time until after I crossed the line. I was hoping for under 1:10 and was thrilled to see 1:08:36.