Great swim. I seeded myself towards the front. Swam out front and hard for the first 200m. Then tried to find some feet. I had some issues finding feet again. And when I found a good set, they never swam straight enough for my liking. All my OWS has resulted in some pretty straight swimming...which ultimately has helped my time...maybe even more than drafting..since I didn't do much of that.

2006: 25:30
2007: 22.26

I had a goggle issue with a faulty dive at the beginning. Had to breast stroke to fix it, but stuff happens. Really, nothing. A great swim and a PR for me at this distance.

Very good T1. Actually, 2nd in AG, so I have to be happy with that. I ran a little faster than normal jog. Otherwise this was as quick as I can be with that large of a transition area.

Not much.

The Bike was OK. I get pretty agressive, and I really had to talk myself into slowing down on the corners. It wasn't that hard to do, since on my first turn, the back tire skidded a bit, and scared me, so I took the next few turns much easier. I have a short memory, b/c I did get a little more aggressive on the second half.

All in all, it was tough to ride fast out there today with the rain and water and puddles. I have been taking a little off the bike to set up a better run, so this was OK for me. Happy with this time.

2006: 1:12:22
2007: 1:09:26

I took a few bad lines once the sprinters got on the course. It was crowded and it ended up slowing me down.

Not bad. Definitely could have done this sub 1 on a regular day. I had put all my things in a grocery bag to keep them dry. I had a towel in there and a jacket (that I thought I might wear b/c of weather) and some extra things. It really slowed me down, but if it would have rained as hard as it was at 6am, it would have been nice to have everything dry.

Be able to forecast the weather...thus knowing I wouldn't have needed the bag to keep stuff dry.

Pretty good run. I was planning to run totally by HR the first 3 miles and then kick it in. I was in Z3 for the 1st 3 miles and it felt good. Hard, but not too taxing. I wanted to get halfway done and then really kick it in...leave it all on the table kind of thinking. Well, I didn't feel great at mile 3, so I waited until the mile 4 sign. Then I started to get above the LTHR. It hurt, and the last 1.2 miles really hurt. But I knew Dumpster was having a great race, and I knew it would take everything I had to stay with him. Its great to have a friendly BT competition like that. We were only missing Jowisc in this battle.

Stuck to the plan and really negative split the thing. Its tough to balance the run for me. Not sure how much gas I have left and if I will explode or not. One thing for sure, though, is 6.2 miles isn't as long as it was last year. And I attribute that to training.

The splits were below. Pretty happy with the pacing and negative split.

1m: 7:25, 152 ahr
2m: 7:26, 153 ahr
3m: 7:23, 154 ahr
4m: 7:22, 157 ahr
5m: 7:07, 160 ahr
6m: 7:01, 163 ahr

2m: 7:00, 167 ahr

2006: 52:12 (8:24m/m)
2007: 45:12 (7:17m/m)

1:07 per mile...wow. I had to look back at last year's RR to get the times, and this really makes me feel good. In that report, I could tell I was upset with the run, and I vowed to get faster in the off season. Nice to see hard work pay off. Now, I need to get even faster (love this sport).

Not much. Maybe stick with plan and kick hard after mile 3? Not sure if I could have kept going at that pace, though.

Holly and my two oldest ones were at the finish. I went across the line with my son. It was cool to slow down a bit, knowing I was sub 2:20. I talked with Holly, Coredump and one of my buds that did the sprint. We waited for all the other BTers to finish. Went inside and checked results and hung around for the raffle. I didn't win the bike, though.


Well, as bad as the weather was, it didn't effect the swim or run. Since it only got up to about 65 degrees, it may even have helped the run. The weather did effect my transitions and mainly the bike. I wiped out at this course last year in good conditions, so I was definitely less aggressive on the bike. The roads were very wet, but raceable. Other than that, I can't think of much.

And all though there isn't a section for what helped you to go faster, I will add it here. Having Holly and the kids at all my races is so Awesome!! Not only do they cheer very hard, they actually look like they enjoy it...even in crappy weather like today. It really, really helps me go faster knowing that they might be around any corner and there is NO way I am dogging it with that crew around. She really picked it up this morning, too, with the late night she had last night. I love them so much, and am very blessed to have them.

Its also nice to have so many BTers in these races. Again, its hard to dog it when they can be anywhere on the course. And they always have encouraging words.


Pleasant Prairie is a great triathlon. The fact that they could make this thing happen on a day like today is crazy. The volunteers that stuck around in that mess have to be commended. Great event.

They could use better food in the after party.