This was a time trial start as is the case with most pool swims. I started in about 20th spot, which worked out relatively well as I didn't get passed and only had to pass 3-4 people. One of the people I did pass was the woman who decided she would start first even though we were supposed to line up by approximate swim time. Keep in mind she started about 2 minutes ahead of me and I passed here half way through the swim. I don't get people like this sometimes. Are they really that clueless.

Overall I was pretty happy with my swim. My time was about what I had expected it to be.

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Kind of a long T1, but there was a decent little run from the pool exit to the transition area. My bike shoes stuck a little as I was trying to get them on, so this cost me a few seconds. Maybe I should try some bodyglide on them. I'll have to try that in training to make sure it doesn't cause blisters.

This was a moderately rolling bike course with a couple of bigger hills and so stretches of what I would call flat. After passing most of the people on the course that started the swim ahead of me, I thought I was in first place until I approached the turnaround. That's when I saw the eventual winner already had about 2 minutes on me. I tried to pick it up a little, but the gap didn't close. In fact, it went in the opposite direction. Still, I managed to hold off a couple of guys who seemed to be making up time on me in the second half.

Good ride overall.

I've said it before, but I really like my new Zoot shoes. They make T1 really fast an easy.

This was the best my legs have felt in a race all year. I maintained a pretty even pace throughout and really put some time into the 2-3 people that were chasing me on the bike. The course was pretty hilly, but I managed to maintain my speed pretty well on the uphills.


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My wife was waiting for me at the finish. She refused to hug me as I was really sweatty at this point. She said I only get hugs at the end of ironman races. I guess that's a fair rule.

We hung around and cheered for all of our friends as they came in from the run. It was a great day for the tricities and out masters swimming group as everyone placed in the top 3 in their respective age groups with Susan winning the masters. It's defeintely fun to race with a group.


Nothing, I had a great day. There was no way I was going to catch the guy who finished forst. He beat me by over 5 minutes.


Great job by RaceDayEvents. They've started the year really well at both races that I've done. Definitely a fun day.