At the start, I was given the option to be held. I declined, but think it might have been better as I fumbled getting cliped in a little.

I went hard immediately at the start. About 1/2 mile in, I look down and see I'm going 26mph and my HR is 187. I figured I wouldn't make it to the turnaround at this pace, so I slowed it down and settled in a little. Then, the guy behind me flew by at the 1.1 mi. mark. This is the guy who said "I'm not a very good time trialist" when we were waiting for the start.

It was pretty uneventful for a while and I was keeping a pretty good pace although I was fighting the wind a bit. I passed a couple of people, but overall it was pretty lonely out there. At about 1 mile from the turnaround, Aaron (JeepFleeb) came flying by me. I was hoping to hold him off until the turnaround, but completing an IM 6 days prior didn't seem to have any residual affect.

I made it to the turnaround and almost immediately noticed the speed increase from a change in direction. The entire first half, I was focused on going real hard to the turnaround as I'd have the wind in my favor and it would be easier. I really knew better as it wasn't easier, I just went faster :).

I'll try the mounted start, but I don't think it would help much.

Rode around for a little bit, drank some water & Gaterade.

Introduced myself to a local sports talk radio host and talked to him for a bit. Turns out he had the fastest time (27:52) and raced in the Cat 1/2 division.

Found the other BT'ers and hung out until the awards were over.

Bonus: I was a raffle winner and won a WTB Shadow seat.

There was a buzz of someone being hit by a car, but it turns out a guy blacked out while riding. Scary stuff. An ambulance took him off and they said he was going to be ok.




Nice race, but I expected it to be on a shouldered road. There were officers out on the course controlling traffic, though.