Results have me listed as the fifth fastest relay runner on this first leg; however, the guy they have as 3 minutes faster than me...I passed him. I know I did. I saw him come in and his wife leave on the bike after Richard. Not sure how that worked out!

Anyway, my start was squirrely as I was too far back, but it was okay since it was an uphill start and not charging up it probably saved me. I got into a good strong groove and just started passing people. The day was perfect for running. Cool and crisp. I bet it was cold on the bike, though, being all sweaty.

I was hoping for closer under 27 minutes on this run, but it is one of my fastest 5k times of the year. So, okay.

Get a better start. Push harder and trust my fitness...except I kept thinking I had another mile to run.

Transition times were lumped in with bike times.

Richard did reall well for someone who had only ridden his bike sporadically. I wasn't sure whether to expect him in 45 minutes or an hour. He came in right around 50 minutes (official time was 52:07 and that counts both T1 and T2).

Ouch. I really thought I was running faster. (Note, though, that the dude who supposedly beat me by 3 minutes on the first leg [and didn't] ran a 13 minute final mile. So there.)

It was kind of a tough run with that uphill at the begining again. I was heaving and blowing and just trying to move faster the whole time, telling myself it was only 1 mile.

I probably should have done some light jogging while waiting for Richard to return. I was afraid I would be on the wrong end of the road, though.

Walk back to the car.


Nada.


The relay teams were all lumped together for the awards (men, women, and mixed). Didn't really seem fair. Otherwise, very nice event, good course.