Funny thing is i used to count swimming as my weakest area however I placed higher in this area than either running or riding??? Still hate swimming though.

Nothing really. Cut about 6 minutes off of last year which was better than I expected.

cut about 2 min's off last year's time. Probably because I knew what to do and planned and rehearsed it in my head.

Nothing particular.

Same 2 lap course as last year. My plan was to go into this making about the same time as last year but be more even as far as splits per lap. I went easy but a little too easy. I could have gone harder and should have but was simply terrified that if I did I'd have a repeat of last year where I couldn't run much after getting off the bike.

Go a little harder.

The entire race was run in the rain. The big downhills had rivers of water flowing down them. While I didn't feel like it slowed me too much my top speed last year was 49 and this year only 44.5 so i lost some time in the downhills.

I wont make excuses, the result was limited by less than perfect execution.

OK time. I would have cut about 1 min more but I opted to use the Injinji toe socks. Def. a good choice as I had no blisters or discomfort in spite of the pouring rain and soaked feet. These socks are hard to get on when wet.

Here is where I had hoped to beat last year. I really hoped to do about a 10 minute mile pace. I just couldn't do it. I mustered an 11:13 pace which was 43 seconds per mile over last year but I am still dissapointed.

I ran all of the course except up the 2 big hills. They are too steep to waste the energy on. At about the 20 mile mark i started having left IT band pain when i would run on uneven ground or up hill. I took to running on the double yellow line which helped a lot but I had to walk a few of the up hill sections on the road back to town. I guess that helped because the pain subsided enough to run the rest of the course after the last big up hill in town. All of the crowds made it easy to go faster. I felt like I owed it to run past all of these poor souls that had been in the pouring rain all day, including my daughter!!!



Not really sure on this one. i suspect that I just hadn't trained enough but I'll admidt that I'm not a good runner. I need to build speed. I have improved over the last couple of years but I'm not where I want to be. I committ as much time to training as I can and still be an involved father, husband and get my work done at the station so I'll try but this may be my plight!

Training enough???

Pacing myself properly????

Executing properly???


Volunteers and spectators. I cannot say enough. While we were all racing and the day seemed to fly by, there folks sat out there in the cold, pouring rain to make my/our day bearable! They are the real rock stars!

Thank you!

Lastly, I got my picture taken with 2 more superstars of the sport, Heather Fuhr and Paula newby Fraser. I will post them as soon as i get them from Beth.