Passed the person in front of me and was not passed. There was a 1 minute gap behind me which helped me relax, but perhaps a fear of being passed would have made me go faster. My time seems slow compared to my training times.

Probably should skip the socks as this would save me 20-30 seconds. Had trouble clipping in.

Went ok. I passed a lot of the 40 people that left the pool ahead of me on the first lap. As the race went on more of the inexperienced riders were out and had to maneuver a lot more. On two laps I got caught behind a slow rider leading into the techincal traffic circle and lost time going into the fast down hill. Had issues with two cars. One I yelled at and finally had to get out of the saddle and pass.

Racked bike on the WRONG rack! Realized it after I took off my helmet. Moved the two racks up I needed to be at and went on from there. Probabley cost me 30 seconds. D'oh!

Pay more attention!

Had trouble breathing early on and could not find a good steady rhythm. The heat and humidity made it feel like soup out there. Passed a guy at about the 0.7 mile point. He fell in behind me. At the next long uphill he passed me. After the race he thanked me for helping him find a rhythm. To bad I could not find one for myself.

Coming up the final .4 miles, I saw another runner in my age group. Since I did not want to lose a place in my AG I sprinted. Realisitically this was too far out from the end to sprint. I kept telling myself to keep at it as I did not want to fall in my AG! Made it to the end sprinting.

Lose weight. The heat and humidity killed me.

Beer, beer, and beer curtesy of Jeff!


Weight and the Earth's gravity!


No AG awards at all. Only Overall awards. Kind of s*cks as all the other races acknowledge the AG's.