It was my best swim ever. Toward the last few laps I kept hitting a guy's feet and either breast stroked or walked if it was shallow to slow the pace down. I didn't want to spend the extra energy to pass him.

Two things I'll note 1) They needed steps to get out of the pool. If they weren't going to have them, then they should have let people know in their general information package. 2) The RD didn't explain well how the swim course would go since the pool had 8 lanes. Everyone was a bit confused at the start which lanes would only have one direction and which would have two. A guy beside me even went out of his way to ask her to explain it over her PA bullhorn, but she didn't. (????) It worked itself out once we started...I guess as long as the first few people knew, then we'd follow...

Nothing

This was the fastest T1 I've ever had. It helped that the transition area was right outside the natorium...literally only 30 feet away.

AFter the flying mount, I was slipping trying to get my feet into my shoes and they were spinning around. It only took 2-3 extra seconds. Because it was going to rain, I decided to use my old LG bike shoes instead of the new Specialized Trivents.

Started off with a slight tail wind, averaging 20 mph and knew it wouldn't last. Later on I had to back off to get my heart rate down. The last mile I slowed down and started stretching some. Top speed was 21.1 mph...much earlier in the race.

*** The main issue I have is that after about 3 miles, there were no cones designating a bike area and we suddenly had traffic around us, cutting us off, passing, etc. At the first turn, the person wasn't even out of their car waving people the right way. The other main turns had cops directing traffic with orange cones noting a designated bike area. But, it was only for about 20 feet before and after.

Nothing - trainer harder!

I have to give iTri events kudos here. They had volunteers taking your bike and racking it while another volunteer brought you the T2 (shoe) bag. It made it my fastest T2 ever.

NOTHING - it went great.

The run was actually 2.6 miles as several people confirmed with their Garmins. Oh, well. It makes me look real fast for race stats at 3.0 miles. I would have liked to see another water station. They had one at the 'alleged 1.5 mile' point. I wasn't dying of thirst but it would have been nice to get a little sip of water at each mile.

Nothing

talked with some people, checked results.


After getting rained out at this last groups event in March, I was a bit hesitant to do another of their events. I think the race went 'OK' and could have been better. They need better controls around the bike route to keep traffic out of the bike area. The volunteers racking bikes and bringing shoes was spectacular! The medal was OK, too. Overall, I'd say I'd do it again next year.