With no drawstring on my shorts I wanted to get to the outside and have a good first 200 yds. I did just that, I was out with the first 4 or 5 off the beach and after the first buoy I was in 3rd but the second place guy was swimming to the center of the triangle. It turns out that this was Adam Belecki, a :46 100 freestyler that si one of the fastest swimmers in the state. (With a black line to follow!) I spotted my area on the dam and was able to hold my line breathing every 10-12 strokes. I took this swim very easy as far as effort level. Kept everything very smooth and felt great when I got out of the water.

Nothing.

My transitions are terrible!! That's all there is to it. I need to work on these more or stick to the longer races. With no wetsuit to take off this should have been a :30 T1. My tank got stuck when I put it on, my shoes didn't want to slide on and I just felt slow. Oh well.

Practice transitions!!

There is a climb right out of the park that had my legs screaming, this week has definitely taken a toll on the legs. I got on the bike course in 2nd place with the leader about 1:30 in front of me. I could see him when I got to the first big hill and tried to just stay smooth and keep the cadence up. As I came down the first hill and made the slight turn before going up the second hill I noticed something blocking the emergency lane. As I got closer I saw it was a huge deer that was bloated to the point of exploding! I thought to myself "I don't want to feel like that, stay in the saddle and pedal smooth!!" Why they didn't get that cleaned up beore the race is beyond me! I got to the turn-around and I had gained abouot 1:00 on him and the third place guy had gained quite a bit on me. He passed me at about mile 7 and I stayed with him for the rest of the ride and we traded places a few times until the last big hill where I passed him, shifted down to my small chain ring and lost my chain. DAMN!! He went by me with a smile on his face and I said "That will kill your momentum!". I managed to get the chain back on and started up the hill again. Thank God for adrenaline!! I managed to catch back up to him and we both passed the lead rider as he was standing up trying to get up the hill. I passed the new leader on the descent, maybe my few extra pounds has some advantages. :) As I got near the park entrance I took my feet out and pedalled in with my feet on top of my shoes. This worked out great!

Not lose my chain.

49th overall!! My transitions suck!!

Everything and practice more!!

Run felt good, couldn't have pushed much more.

Nothing

Chocolate milk for recovery, walked around a bit and stretched out.


After a hard week of training I was very pleased with the result of this race.


This was a decent race with a good venue. I hope they advertise the race better in the future and get more people.