At the word 'go' everyone just took off and I started to keep up with them, then realized I'm not fast so I settled into my own pace. Stomach got upset after about 10 minutes but then settled down.

Maybe start out a little more reasonably and then work into a little more speed.

Lost alot of time here. For this race the second transition was in a different place so you had to bring your running shoes with you on the bike. My plan was put them in the water bottle pockets on my jersey, but me being me, I didn't check that they would fit. So I got into the transition and struggled with my shoes. It felt like longer but I probably lost about 2-3 minutes. It was long enough that I overheard people saying something along the lines of 'he's struggling with that'. Eventually I ended up sticking the shoes up the back of my biking jacket so I could just get out of there.

Pretty obvious...

Went out at little harder than I meant to - I think the bad transition had something to do with this. I found myself at a higher cadence than normal so I tried to pay more attention and keep to a good pace. Its been a while since I've been off the trainer & it felt good. No problems from my knee afterwards. Caught up to a few people though so overall it was pretty good.

Stick to my race pace.

The other two transitions were good. In and out pretty quickly. On the run in to the second transition I saw a girl with her shoes ties around the handle bars, so I did this as well. Wish I had thought of it at the 1st one...

Nuttin.

The first hill sucked, but I felt pretty strong on the return. Wish I had been keeping track of my time because I felt like my pace was pretty good for me.

Nothing.

Talked with a few people and had an endurox bottle.


Probably just training. I'm still doing all base stuff which for me is very slow.


These races are good practice for keeping to your race plan (which I don't do very well) and a good reminder that being able to do the distance and do the distance fast are two different things. I could probably do this at my own pace & feel pretty fresh at the end, but I get a bit frustrated at being so much slower than everyone. This isn't bad for a short race like this but could hurt me in a longer race if I try to keep up with people or catch people in bright yellow jackets.

Lots of icy patches on the bike which I had to slow down for but still much better than the mtb. I shaved off about 7 minutes (closer to 10 minutes if you take away the time I lost in transition) from the 1st race.