I think this course was a little long. The sea grass (or whatever it was) made this a challenging swim. Nothing like going for a big long pull and coming up with a handful of grass and junk.

Nothing, I felt really strong in the water.

My rack was kind of over in the corner so it was a longish run to both bike and run exit.

Nada

I pushed so hard on this bike I was cross eyed. I was actually a little afraid I was going to fry my legs and not have anything for the run.

Nothing

In and out...

Nothing

I was a bit concerned about the run seeing as a) my legs were sore before the race even started and b) I was going all out on the bike. What resulted is the best run I have ever had off the bike and a new 5k PR. When I ran out of transition I had to push to get my cadence up to where I wanted it to be, but after that I settled into a "comfortably hard" pace and never really felt like I was going to fade. It was great to feel like that for a change! I had to run the last uphill and finishing straight at a dead sprint to hold off the guy behind me.

Since I don't race with a watch or anything I wasn't aware of how close to breaking 20 min I was, had I known that I could have found 24 more seconds somewhere on the course.

Got some water and walked over to the club tent to watch the other finishers. Big thanks to all the NAMC folks out there cheering and cowbelling in the rain. Also congrats to Team Sportfactory for winning the small club classification of USAT-SE.


I need to work on the swim to be more competative, it's obvious that I lost this race on the swim. 1:07 last year would have been good for 3rd so you can see how fast this race has become.


One of THE best races around. Kim and her club do a fantastic job of putting on a great race.