Solid swim, pretty darn good considering it was my first time in the water this year.

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No issues

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Really solid bike. Improving my speed has been a focus this year, and it paid off here. Kept the pace hard throughout.

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Came out of T2 in second place, and was looking to throw down a good run here and maybe redeem myself for falling out of first place here last year. I dropped the hammer right away and just wanted to hang on for 3 miles. Once we got to the straight away section, I noticed the guy out in front stop for a second and stretch his calf. Never show weakness; he was mine. He was still running really fast though, and it was very slow going to reel him in. After the turn around I was able to check what was going on behind me, and there was no one charging. This was a 2 man race now. I finally made contact and stayed behind him for a little bit to regroup and prepare for the charge to separate. With about 1 mile to go I made my move and went around him, and really dropped the pace to try to demoralize him into letting up. After a few minutes I checked back and it looked like I popped him, he was fairly far back. Coming off the rail trail and into the home stretch, I took one last look to make sure he wasn't charging, only to see that he was! So I threw down a sprint finish to hold him off and win by just 4 seconds.

Nothing, awesome run. Really glad I checked on him with a few hundred meters left!

Walked around, and got ready to see Leigh finish.


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So glad I was able to redeem my disappointing loss after leading two different times during the race last year. I really do like HITS races, despite what some say. Seeing the kids get to do a triathlon afterwards is so much fun too.