Wow. I had trouble getting my breath again. I seem to have trouble with breathing when my face is in cold water. I spent a good bit of time either on my back or breast stroking to keep my face out of the water. There was nothing I could have done to prevent that.

I haven't swam since Cajun Man in Sept last year. (or around there) Over all a good performance for zero swim training but below average for my regular swim.

If I had the chance to go swim somewhere I would.

I am going to have to just tell you here that I struggled with getting my suit off my heels. For some reason I forgot that you usually just strip it off inside out. I was trying to point my toes and slide my foot out haha! Luckily for me this was just an "exercise" day and I never got bummed about it but it just goes to show you that there are some aspects of race day that need to rehearsed.

Something that I had planned on doing took extra time... which was putting on socks. I usually don't wear them but the tops of my feet are still a mess from last weeks Judo Tournament. It would have been very messy to not wear them. I had to take the socks off and re-dry my feet twice. It is hard to get socks on when your feet are wet.

Strip off the suit the correct way.
Leave socks off if at all possible.

First time on my Tri bike since Cajun man. Felt pretty good but I may need a new seat. Toward the end of the ride I could tell that I was going to be chaffed.

I passed probably 10-20 people on the bike but got passed by 5 people who just flew by me. Most were in older age groups too. :)

Nothing. This was a solid bike for zero riding on it. I felt the muscles in my legs burn a few times when I would pass so I know it uses a slightly different muscle group set (or at least different parts of those groups).

I would also push bigger gears next time. I like my cadence around 80-85.

This transition was much easier. :) I'm not sure where I spent over a minute but it seemed like a smooth transition.

Nothing

I was ready for the run this year. No tricking me with the run-past-the finish-line for another mile. At about mile 2 my lower back started to tighten up but for doing zero brick runs in a very long time this was an easy run.

No stopping just slow :)



Nothing really.

Walked around and drank water after the run. I hadn't really exerted myself so the most difficult thing to do was get my timing chip off which I had duct tapped.


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I like this race. It was the state championship which makes it pull some good athletes.

I decided to do this race a few days before Saturday. The use of the wet suit made this doable for me mentally.

Also, seeing many of my old tri buddies makes me realize that I need to get back into racing. The triathlete group of people are top notch and a very fun bunch.

Despite not training for this race I still beat my last years time by 7 minutes. And that is a success if you ask me :)