I rode the first half of the race very slowly. In fact when I stopped for lunch, there were only 5 people behind me. However, I really pushed the pace the 2nd half of the race.

The weather changed drastically during the course of the day. It started out sunny and warm - around 2 is started drizzling. By 3 it was pouring.

I'm making progress in my gear changes. I managed to remember to shift down and up to avoid having chain in big and little gear at the same time.

Rain sucks - and man did it rain. I was able to skip post race shower simply by standing outside in the rain.

For my next race I really need to work on my speed.

Zero Warmdown. I "showered" in the rain. I also enjoyed a few delicious Harpoon products.


I spent a lot of time improving my ability to get up the hills but I didn't focus enough on speed


This race was a lot of fun but it's not for everyone. At several poinsts during the day - I was in danger of getting picked up by the SAG wagon because I had decided to go slow. But even when I picked up the pace, I always hit drink stations when they were closing down and there wasn't enough support had I needed the help.