I really pushed myself here, compared to my 2 other tri swims where I felt i held back a bit, but it didn't seem to help my time. This tells me I have form issues. I'm faster in the pool than I used to be, but not in OW. I must be letting go of some form in the race situation.

I am gonna have to join a masters group and get some coaching and up my yardage.

did the rubber bands on the bike shoes and running mount and it worked great.

i'm still racing with socks. need to train without sock for sprints to shave some time and eliminate a step.

had a strong bike which was suprising considering i haven't trained much on the bike once since my Olympic a month ago. Course was very congested in spots, especialy where the roads weren't closed and there was car traffic.

i need to get a road or tri bike. although it's fun seeing how fast i can go on my mountain bike it's limiting my potential. I got passed by a couple of guys in my division on sweet rides and that was frustrating. Anyone selling a tall guy bike for under $800?

had a nice rolling dismount and flew through t2.

nada

had a PR 5K run. Felt good. I didn't see anyone in my division coming towards me before the turnaround, so i didn't have anyone specifically to target for a chase down, so i just pretended there were guys ahead of me i needed to catch. I also pretended there was a guy chasing me down. This seemed to prevent me from getting lazy and gave me an extra gear. Turns out i needed it as the guy who came in 2nd in our division was only 7 seconds behind me and running alot faster than me. If the race was 100 feet longer he probably would have passed me. At the time I had no idea he was stalking me. Yikes.

go faster! this race taught me that every second counts.

First race without the family there, which was a bummer, but it did allow me to hang out and enjoy the triathlon scene. Watched and cheered the other racers finish. Also was able to watch the elite Olympic guys and gals come into transition and finish which was really cool. talk about fast.

It was cool to get my first podium appearance (although, to my dissapointment there was no actual podium or flower babes like in the TDF!! c'mon CGI :)). Racing in Clydes my first year has been a good motivator to get faster and be competitive, but once I get under 210 and ditch the mountain bike, i think i'm gonna switch to my age group and take my thrashing.


poor swimming relative to bike and run is the main thing.


great race. CGI does a great job.