I read an article about starting the swim in a sprint to get out front and figured I would try it. I did - good idea, breathing calmed down during the second half and I was fine. Unfortunately, being in 3rd wave (i.e. old man wave) I still had to pass a lot of people, but still a good strategy for this race.

Nothing - good swim

As with Sprint Tri on Weds, I went barefoot which paid off in T1. STill room for improvement - less efficient than I could have been. Happy with 3rd best T1 time though.

Just keep working at it

I cranked on this. Biking is not my specialty, but I seem to do well with the sprints. Pushed on the flats and powered the hills.

Nothin.

81st on T2 - unacceptable - I went from 5th to 6th bacause of this. Need to practice.

Need to rethink the whoel thing.

I can't complain about 11th, but I am sick of getting caught by the top guys during the run. I just am not fast enough to hold my spot. Need more speed work when prepping for the sprints.

SPEED

Went back in the water, grapped a Gatorade and a bagel then talked to everyone. Again, with a small home town event, it is just great to know people and be sociable.


Speed work. Had the endurance, didn't have the speed.


Happy with time - 3 minutes better than last year. THis year had a few better competitors, so my improvement did not result in a higher spot. Still, made my goal of top 10 and pleased with my race. Race organizer (Bill D) is a Saint and is a great person for organizing this, when I know he would rather be competing. All volunteers were fantastic. It's a nice home town event!!!