Started pretty far up in my wave. I rather enjoy the contact in a swim start now, plus I wanted to see if I've made any progress (and waiting 15 seconds to swim off the back of everyone's heels doesn't allow me to do so). I was sort of in no man's land after the first turn. A group had gotten off to the front, and after I turned I could see a large pack about behind me, but I was pretty much on my own. Found a good draft at about the midway point of the swim. Some guy came across from my right, and I never saw him until we ran into each other. I tried to get by him, but couldn't, so I just settled in on his feet. Was good until the next turn to head back for shore. I had a great turn, he did not. So I got inside, then he turned to far and swam back across me. I momentarily pulled up and then couldn't quite get back on. Oh well.

I'm working on it. ;)

Decent T1 since it involves a wetsuit. Got caught a bit on my right leg but not too bad. No real issues to speak of.
2/28 AG
11/237 OA

Tough ride for me. I really went all out last week at VA Run, and didn't recover very well this week (at least not "smart"). It's a challenging, rolling course. Never flat. Spending most of my time on the WOD doesn't do much for this course. Was passed by a guy at about 5 miles. He never got out of sight though for the rest of the course. (wasn't in my AG though). Probably passed 10-15 people. Again, I was really on my own for most of the course.

I just need more time on hills. I think I rode it pretty well, all things considered.

This is the part that sucks. T2 was pretty empty when I came in. Couldn't have been more than 15-20 bikes. I knew my rack was almost at the end on the left. So I was on my way up, getting close, saw a TYR bag, thought it was my spot, started to go up that row and it wasn't mine. So I turned back, checked the numbers on the rack, got confused, took a few steps back in the opposite direction (wrong way) before turning again and finding where I wanted to be. Struggled getting into my right shoe.
4/28 AG
20/237 OA

Brutal run (as NL likes to describe it). Actually, I like the run. Mostly because I like running. I had no one to use as a rabbit, which sort of sucked. Even the guy that I almost caught was pretty much out of reach until the very end. When I saw them on the first "out and back" hill, he was with two other guys and they had to be a good quarter mile ahead, if not more. A few guys had come out of T2 close behind, but within the first half mile I'd put enough distance to know they weren't a concern. Just kept my form and pushed along, continued to feel stronger the more I ran.

I'm just annoyed that I didn't catch the dude. Same friggin' thing happened to me at Kinetic.

The usual. Snacks and water. Packed everything up and into my car in case it started raining, then hung out for awards.


Raced hard last weekend and didn't play it very smart this week, but I can't make that an excuse.