Very nice job! I saw your finish time and said out loud "Wow!!!" That is just awesome. Such a strong bike and a fantastic run. Congrats on a great race.

And very nice pictures -- The picture of you and your puppy together is very cute.

Great race, Janyne!! Glad to see you doing a sprint distance!

Awwwwwwwww Emma! I love it! 

The course was very crowded with 1200 athletes and a 12 mile bike course.  There was a situation where there was a slow cyclist, a car refusing to pass and then me.  I hung back so as not to "draft" the car.  A cyclist went to pass both me and the car on the left.  There was no center line painted on the road but he was clearly going across the center.  

USAT rule:  "...no participant shall permit his drafting zone to intersect with or remain intersected with the drafting zone of another cyclist or that of a motor vehicle. With respect to a motor vehicle (including authorized race vehicles); it is the athlete’s responsibility to move out of the vehicle’s drafting zone or to continually communicate to the vehicle to move away."

Further down the rules state:  "All passing is to be done to the left of the cyclist being overtaken unless otherwise specified. "

If it's a car, I assumed that we were screwed, correct?

If there is a shoulder or bike lane, can the car be overtaken on the right since it is in a separate lane?

Regarding the number on the bike:  "Race Numbers. Participants shall plainly display their race numbers at all times, and shall maintain the race number in an unaltered, unobstructed and readable state at the start and finish gates, in the transition areas, and on the course. Any violation of this Section shall result in a variable time penalty."  Since I was body marked and had a number on my helmet, could I have jammed the flyaway bike number in my rear pocket and raced?  Yeah, it was my own fault for not having duct tape on me.  Did I do the right thing trying to fix it?  Not sure that it was "clearly visible" jammed on under my bento box though.  :-/

Nice job and congrats on the PR!

That is a long swim for a sprint! Glad you got the bike number (I hate those things) handled.

Looks like an enjoyable race all-around!

Congrats!

Great race! You hit the goals I was trying to hit. I've run into that drafting problem in several sprints. I guess you could keep yelling for them to go and that allows you to stay there? I'm certain you could pass a car on the right with a bike lane, but it gets real sketchy in a normal lane. I got stuck behind a tanker truck in Smithfield and just stayed back 3 bike lengths knowing perfectly well I was getting a draft. I was in the back of the pack so a penalty wouldn't have made any difference.

I do mostly small races and I'm certain they wouldn't penalize you for losing a race numner and stuffing it in a bento box. They'd probably be thrilled you didn't leave it on the course.

I agree, the swim is OLY distance!!!  Terrific job on the bike and run and the PR is icing on the cake.  Your age group must have been super competitive because you threw down a very solid bike and run!!  Nice job!!!!