If I hand't ever mentioned it before, I really dislike pool swims. The self seeding stuff does not work. I seeded myself by giving a 100 yd time of 1:55. That got me at spot 123. After the first 50 I passed the guy in front of me. Then I passed another person. Then the logjam. I did almost 100yds at breast stroke trying not to swim over the two people in front of me. I couldn't even do a full stroke without hitting their feet. They would not allow anyone to pass. Soooo, I went around them and between them and the oncoming swimmers in the last 100 yds. I kept waiting for someone to dq me for something, but I was so pissed. Even treading water behind them I was at 1:58/100. Based upon that slow swim time, I was 49th among the men. That means I should have been seeded higher. I guess part of that sits with me, but a lot of it is with people putting in times that they can't do.

put a faster time in so I was not with really slow people. Just the slow people

ok. spent a few too many seconds apologizing to the rack mates for swimming past them. Had the first rack at the swim exit, so that was nice.

speed up

good ride for me. haven't been doing any hills. actually haven't ridden in over a week, so that was a good ride. Wanted to save the legs for the run. If I can repeat that ride and the run in Pinehurst, I will be happy.

get more time in the saddle

good transition. still doing ok with getting feet out of shoes on bike. not trying the riding on one side of the bike thing yet. baby steps. baby steps

nothing

good run for me. did not feel that fast (William says the same thing about his run) But looking at the winner's times, I feel comfortable that the distance is right. Probably had another 30 sec to one minute in me, but maybe not. I was not at throw up level when I finished, so that's why I feel like I had a little bit more in me. Haven't run a 5k this fast in a couple of years and never as the third leg of a race,so I'm ecstatic with this run

get to throw up level :)

walked up the course to cheer William on.


bike training and slow swimmers


Nice race. Short course which is what I needed. Wilmington will be a little longer on the swim and bike. Then Pinehurst, then B2B half. This was a good confidence builder for Pinehurst. Of course, it still kills me that I can do this well on a personal level (and the overall) and only be 6 out of 14 in my age group. This age group is just crazy.