My least favorite part of this race. People were wildly optimistic with their time estimates, so there were a lot of people walking and waiting at the walls. The water was a little cold but I swam a nice race. I passed 4 people and probably lost 10-15 seconds waiting for people. It didn't make much difference in the race but was a little annoying. Anyway, I came out of the water with a low HR and was able to run through transition pretty easily.

Put down a faster seed time.

I had one of the faster times in my age group and I thought it went well. I kept it minimal - no socks, gloves, glasses. Wiped my feet off, bike shoes on and a run to the start line. Passed a bunch of people. Saw a bunch of people sitting down, not sure what they were doing.

Nothing - Maybe have Scott set up my transition area

The ride went really well. I came out of the water so late with the seeding that I didn't get passed on the bike. I passed a lot of people especially on the second lap. I felt really comfortable on the bike and managed a lot of the turns without coming out of the aero bars. Started seeing a bunch of the BTers on the bike. This was my first time over 20 mph during a race. I think the increase in bike speed has come from riding with the bike club. It's hard to get that type of intensity on a normal training ride. I also rode with a wheel cover for the first time. I couldn't tell much difference while I was riding. It felt very stable and probably contributed to the increase in speed.

Maybe push a little harder

Not as good a transition. I'm not sure what I could have done differently beyond run faster through transition. My hands were cold and I did have some trouble getting my shoes on.

Run faster

This was a PR for a 5k. I felt really strong on the run and the last mile was 6:48. It's kind of downhill but still one of the best miles I've run. I kept waiting to blow up but I felt strong all the way through the run. Saw just about all the BTers during the run. I got to see Brad and Scott dueling on the run. They didn't seem to appreciate my attempt to get them to run faster.

I think I could have run faster but I've never held that pace for that long and was tentative with pushing the pace

Crossed the line and went back to see some other people finish. Then hung out to wait for the results and awards. I had forgotten to start my watch and didn't know how I had finished. I thought I had done well but wasn't sure. I was surprised when I saw my name on the first page of the results and I had finished as 27th male and 28th overall. Unfortunately there were a lot of fast old guys and I was 7th in my age group. I would have finished 3rd in the 35-39 age group which is usually the most competitive group. Go figure.

I'm happy with the results of this race. I improved almost 5 minutes from last year and made nice jumps in time on the bike and run. I've changed how I train this spring and it's helped with my times.


Nothing


I like this race and it was fun to race with so many BTers. Shandra, the RD, runs a great race and it was nice to see some improvement