The swim is a pool swim in a 25yard pool, so there are quite a few turns and going under the lane dividers. I enjoy OW swims a lot more though. Standing in line I started talking to the guy in front of me. He had done silverlake last weekend too and wasn't feeling it today. Though he said he would swim hard to make sure I didn't catch him. Nice guy, he even came up to apologize after the race, though it wasn't his fault. Now I forget his name!

Anyway to the swim! Felt great checked my gap to Kevin who was 10s behind me and he wasn't gaining at all at 100 in. Then 10 seconds later I Catch the guy in front of me. I go to pass him right away but notice there are two.. TWO guys in front of him with 2 more coming the other way. I couldn't pass. I stopped and stood a few times waiting for a moment to pass 3 people at once and right when it came Kevin went by me. I then cursed at the fact that he passed me already, and then I said screw it and went with him. I just drafted off him the rest of the swim. Apparently some guy put 3:50 down for the swim but really swam like a 4:45.. At least it gave me something to complain about, though I probably only lost 10s or so. lol :)

But that's the difference between 58xx and 59xx.. :)

Just mow over anyone in front of me right away regardless. I was being much nicer than I typically am in races.

Average, I fumbled with shoes just a bit and helmet just a bit. Nothing big, just maybe 3-4 seconds.

Nothing.

Well my friend Kevin actually out rode me by 38 seconds, but he blew his calf out 2 weeks ago running and isn't able to run yet. So I'm not going to count him! Our plan for the race was to start the swim right next to each other and then kill each other for the whole race. Which is what we did till mile 5 of the bike where he really went for it. It would of been a great race if he was able to run.

Due to the mess of the swim Kevin got out of T1 5 seconds ahead of me. I got on my bike and got dialed in, caught up to Kevin and sat behind him a bit for a few seconds then went for the pass. We really had pretty good weather with a slight 7-9mph wind. I was going 26.5mph into the slight head wind off the right shoulder when I passed him. I think that's what put him off. He repassed me .3 miles later and I couldn't pass him again. So now I'm riding behind Kevin a bit and we catch my training partner Jim Yarzy, who doesn't mind Kevin blowing by. Then when I go around he picks it up and sticks with me for 4 miles. He ended up having a great bike split and race overall for 6th OA and AG win.

After the first turn around I just slowly watched Kevin out ride me while I also moved up from 14th to 4th. I went pretty hard on the bike with a little bit of a recovery spot from miles 6-11. Also even though there weren't too many turns on this course, I felt like I really hit the turns well today. Good bike ride, went quite a bit faster than last week..and last weeks course was the short one!

Nothing I think I hit the bike perfect for me. Well.. Maybe drop Yarzy right away. Though I was happy he was pushing to stay with me, I knew it would probably make him have a good time.

28s.. Can't go much faster!

Nada

Well I felt like I was running 5:45s.. but I guess not! I came out of T2 to see Kevin standing there yelling at me to go run the two still in front of me down. Trent was no doubt in first being #1 swimmer (started 2minutes and 20 seconds ahead) and overall just a strong triathlete. In 2nd was the 4th swimmer and a 55 year old at that!

It took me about a mile to run down 2nd place and then Trent was about 45seconds ahead, which already put me in the OA lead. Anyway, I slowly started to bring Trent back. At about 1200 to go I'm 40m back and I say ok.. if you want to finish first it's now or never. While I picked it up I didn't commit 100%. I reeled him in to 20m and never got anymore. I knew I was 2min up on him and just weenied out.

A local high school runner who just graduated out ran me by 1.5 seconds for the fastest run of the day.

I really need to HTFU and just GO. I'm having trouble sucking it up and going 100%.

Got in about a 2.5 mile jog with some fellow Dots. Ate a slice of pizza and a couple bananas. Then sat around, chatted and watched the rest of the people come in and cheer them on.

Went to the awards, got a nice plaque with my name and time on it. Plus a army like helmet with (it is called Combat triathlon1) Overall Male winner on it. Plus a free pair of Asics (DS trainers) and $50.


Besides the slight backing off on the run, I performed really well and have no complaints about how my body worked that day.