Still a very weak point for me. I tried to go fast. I thought I was navigating well. I thought my performance would be better as I was more spent coming out of the water than any previous race. Drafting was bad as I tried to pick up feet, but I'd lose them pretty quickly.

Not much during the race. I just need to focus in on this event. It is certainly my weakest. Also, I forgot to take ecaps before the race. That is a no, no for me.

I can do better than this. My HR was in the 160's and I was a little dizzy. I certainly felt unorganized in T1. I'm going to start practicing with my shoes clipped in and try it at the next race.

Get mentally focused for the race.

I came into this race as a testing and training day. My pre-race goal was to hammer the bike at about 90-95% to see how my body reacted for the run. I was real happy with the results. I didn't get passed on the bike and I was able to keep fairly steady power the entire way. I caught Mike about halfway through the bike and he was looking real strong as he was one of the harder guys to pass. I knew if I had any chance to beat him, I'd have to keep up the bike pace. I also missed a turn which cost my a couple tenths of a mile and maybe 30 seconds or so. On a bumpy downhill I thought it would be a great time to take some ecaps. I hit a bump pretty hard and lost all of the pills as they flew out all over the road. That mistake would haunt me on the run. It was fun to fly by on Main St going around 33 mph!



Only take ecaps and nutrition on slower portions of the course. Follow course direction signs.

I almost endo'd the dismount. I wasted a bunch of time racking my bike and getting my socks on. There was now reason for being so slow as I had tons of room for myself. I think practice is in order.

A little re-engineering is in order

At about 1/2 mile out I rolled my ankle on the edge of the road and made a real loud squeak with my other shoe to get my balance. The funny thing was that it happend right in front of a golf green while a guy was putting. I don't think he was to happy, as he missed his putt. It took me about a mile an 1/2 to settle into my pace and I started picking off people.

At about the mile 3 aid station my right hamstring completly locked up and stopped me dead in my tracks.I didn't even feel it coming on and it came out of nowhere. I hobbled an massaged the heck out of it to try to get walking. At that point Mike passed me and asked if I needed anything. I drank some Gatorade and started running again. It apparently worked itself out because it felt fine the rest of the way. I kept Mike in my sights (about 20 yards away) the final 2.2 miles and thought about a final kick to catch him. But he had plans of a final kick of his own and finished about 30 seconds ahead. Overall, I'm happy with the run especially after a hard paced bike.

Not having my salts killed me late in the race. But, I think it was a very good run for me.

walk around. took lots of fluids


swimming


It is a great location with pretty ocean and nice houses. It is unfortunate that the turnout. Word from the race directors wife is that if the turnout doesn't improve, they'll have to cancel this event. That would be a real shame as it is a good spot for a race.

This was also my first win so this race will have to go down as one of my favorites.