Pool swim was going to be some squirrely circle swim based on a projected time chosen by the swimmer right before starting. Luckily that idea was quickly bagged and they went back to the 2 swimmers per lane. I started off feeeling good and had a great 100 then I started to feel the burn of trying to sprint a 300yd swim. I definitely slowed by the last 100 and hopped out of the pool in around 7:35. Shocker! One of these days I would like to be able to swim. Oh well ran down the sidewalk to transition.

I was 50 sec. off my goal which is huge in 300yd pool sprint. I swear is 2:15 100s that crazy a goal. Isn't fat supposed to float? I suppose being consistent about completing my swim workouts might be a good start!

A little too slow for the distance but I was trying to catch my breath a bit for my stellar pool effort. 23 seconds too many!

Learn how to swim!

My bike was good. I was super happy w/ it. Thought I went a little faster than final MPH but I gave it all I had and felt strong. The temp was already very high and I was struggling with lowering my HR/respiration. Rode in aero, took turns fast and only got passed by one guy - a fellow NCVC person.

Great bike - keep training to get even faster.

Pretty quick transition but I did run pass my rack b/c my bright blue shoes were covered up. Lost about 5-8 seconds here.

Mark row and know where I am going.

I was hot as hell and so was the temp. My breathing was out of control and I was trying to figure out if I could hit my time goal. I quickly figured out that wasn't happening as I struggled through the run. I couldn't even figure out my pace. I was more out of it than I thought. When I saw my split, I realized how much the heat hammered me. I ran my half marathon in the heat at Lonestar faster than this 5k.

Not sure - it was hot. I was more than 3 min. off my run goal. That was pretty much 85% of the time I lost to my goal. I walked each walk station and got 2 cups. One for drinking and one for dumping over my head.

Walked around and tried to cool off. Ate a little but not really interested in what they had. I missed the Einstein bagels!


Heat

I was disappointed with my overall time but did manage to be about a 1 1/2 min faster than last year. I just thought I could be much faster this year. I did notice that times were slower on average than last year so the heat must have really been tough on everyone.

I was happy w/ the AG win! My first so I won't complain about that. ;-)


As always a great race. Super beginner friendly. I will keep coming back! And woo hoo for chip timing. And putting your age standing on the overall list as times go up. Why can't Set Up Events figure this out?