The swim is definitely my weakest leg of racing. I think I need to get some coaching, as I definitely have the fitness to be swimming faster.

Pretty straight forward swim. I knew not to go out too hard, and my time (around 1:30 pace) is pretty much what I was expecting.


With a few coaching sessions and some tweaking to my stroke I'd love to drop 10 seconds per 100 with my wetsuit for OWS.

3rd fastest T1 - pretty happy with that, and seconds definitely mattered today!

Not much

I'd have to say this is my best bike in a tri to date. I was aiming for 320 watts and got 315 with a NP of 321. With my swim being weak, I really knew I had to push on the bike to build up a lead for the run.

I really hammered from the get go, waiting until 1/4 mile down the road to get my feet into my shoes. I was hitting around 27-28 on the flats, and mid 30's on the slight descents.

The course was open to traffic, and there were two times where I had to pass a car. Other than that, it was a pretty smooth and evenly paced ride.
I passed Colin about half way through the bike. I knew that he would be at least a minute ahead of me out of the water, and that his run was a bit faster. I kept the hammer down, and got into T2 pretty pleased with my ride.

I was able to jump off the bike and get right into the transition area without any hiccups.

Nada

Fastest T2 of the day!

Nothing

I knew I had at least a one minute lead over Colin, but I wasn't sure about people from other waves for the overall lead.

My goal had been to shoot for 5:55-6:00 pace, but it turned into 6:15's. Last year I ran 19:36, but it was in the low 80's and sunny without any shade on the run, at least 20 degrees warmer than last year. I was about 35 seconds slower than last year, but my overall placing on the run was better. I guess most people slowed down from the warmer weather.

I really tried to push in the last mile or so, and am glad I did as the winning margin was only 3 seconds, and the 2nd place guy was from the wave behind me. I actually thought that he had me until the results were posted.

I'm definitely capable of a faster run, and will need to carry some good speed to my 70.3 in two weeks if I want to qualify for Vegas.

Run harder - duh!!!

Waited for Colin, Chris, Richard, Greg, and other teammates to come in. NEMS had a great day, placing five in the top ten, and winning several AG's.


Warm weather and doing more brick runs.


Very happy with the first overall win in the first tri of the year. I really hope I'll be carry the momentum over to Tremblant 70.3 in two weeks. I'll probably have to make the podium in my AG to get to Vegas.