Glad I didn't get passed. I caught the person ahead of me at the last lap which was fine since I was starting to tire a little bit and it kept me on pace. My seed time was 4:50 and I stepped over the mats at 5:04, so I know I touched the wall at about 4:50 or so. Good swim. Tied for 5th fastest swim time in age group.

All was fair, but rode with socks. Overall went well.

My time was destroyed by a flat tire. It happened before I ever jumped on the bike and as soon as I crossed the T1 mat, I knew I had problems. My hopes of a strong, fast race were fastly declining. Had nice cheers from the people cheering on racers near the star. Well I replaced the tube, but it took me 15 minutes . . . guess I need to practice w/ the tires. Filled up the replacement tube only to have it blow up on me. Bikesport was helpful enough to replace the tire for me in about 2 minutes. My time shown above was the time on my trip computer not the actual time. My actual time was 51:48..

Otherwise, my ride was strong as it should be after resting for 15 minutes. I averaged 22 mph on most of the ride bike despite what the autocalc function says. Stayed behind a girl who was cruising for most of the ride and then I passed her in the last 2 miles as she slowed down a little and I sped up. Kept it above 23 mph for the last two miles.
Overall, I was happy with the ride, but disappointed in the flat.

Would have had 7th best time in age group on ride w/o flat.

Fair.

Run went well. Ran without socks b/c my race plan had been shot w/ the flat tire. I figured lets try it out. Times were similar to last race: 7:22, 7:08, 6:36. 4th fastest time in age group.

Nothing. Drank some gatorade. Sat around and talked with friends and talked about the next race.


A FLAT TIRE . . . AND A SECOND FLAT TIRE.

Nice to know that I would have finished about 6 or 7 out of the 36 in my age group.