Swim was last, took a while to get the arms full of blood, I spent a lot on the bike. Happy with the swim, was in a part of the race field with no one else. Got passed quickly by one other competitor, and that was all the traffic I had to deal with.

Will work on swims in the go around for next season with some sprint training.

T1 was Run to Bike, pretty good, changed shoes, grabbed helmet and took off.

Coming from an area where you can't do a 5 mile ride without a categorized climb this was fun. We had a headwind on the way out and a tailwind on the way back. I shifted 4 times, almost felt like a stationary bike. Passed quite a few people who beat me on the run.

Nothing, got passed by a Tri-Bike so I probably need one of those.

Bike to swim, almost forgot to take off socks!

8:36 pace is a PR for me. Air and flat ground makes a difference. Ran with someone from TX for 1/2 the race and then kicked at the end. Good run for me.

Walked around and stretched.


Tri-Bike that puts me in a more wind cheating position?


This is a small town "homey" race. I did this race because I wrecked at another tri and did not finish. I needed 5 races to qualify for end of the year awards in the Southwest Challenge Series, which was my goal for the season. This got me there. The venue is small, no chip timing, have to keep track of your own splits but it was fun and the people and volunteers were very nice.