My goal here was 7 minutes. I figured, even if it took me 7:30, I wouldn't be too disappointed. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised when I popped out of the pool quicker than anticipated. Woohoo!
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I think I could afford to have a higher turnover rate. But really, I swam to the best of my abilities, so I'm really happy about it.

While running from the pool to my rack, I got a hammer gel out of my pocket and gulped it down. Good execution there. It was a pretty solid transition.


Learning how to get in and out of my shoes while they're attached to the pedals might be good. I'm doing just fine without that, though.

Rock-solid bike! I hammered it good from the get-go. The goal was to basically race this as a stand-alone bike time-trial. However, I'm sure I was holding back a little know that a hilly 5k stood in front of me. But for the most part, I really threw caution to the wind, if you will.

The first lap was pretty uneventful. The volunteers were pretty good about keeping traffic at bay while we crossed intersection after intersection. I only had trouble with one car, and the problem was that she wasn't going fast enough!

Lap 2 was good as well. But this time when I flew down the steep descent, I got tons of momentum carrying me up the other side. I blew past a few guys like they were standing still. I was pushing 28 mph UP the hill and it was amazing. I'm loving my new bike's power transfer abilities.
I only grabbed a drink of HEED 2-3 times during this section because the course was so rough and full of potential vehicle traffic. There just weren't many good, safe, straight-aways to work with. As a result, I was left feeling pretty thirsty for the run.

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Had a pretty smooth transition and got out of there without incident.
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It was a pretty good run and I steadily passed people the entire time, but I think the piercing side-ache I got at the beginning of the second loop hurt me a little. I did my best to pick up the pase in an effort to negative split the loops, but I have no idea if I did it because I didn't even hit my lap button on my watch.
i took one gulp of very cold water from the water station, and that might have been the cause of the cramps. when that icy cold water hits my gut, I don't react well. I prefer my water a little bit warmer. But that's probably just me.
I was still able to push hard to the finish and keep a great pace up the hill.
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I grabbed a quick bite to eat and an orange. Then I caught up with a few people including my wife and daugher, friends and racers.
My warm-down included walking back and forth between my car and the TA a few times to collect all my stuff.


Perfect situation for beginners to get a taste of triathlon. I like the direction this race is headed!