Two person time trial every 3 seconds. Navigation was off a little at the start because I confused yellow caps with yellow buoys a couple of times. After swimming by a few people and getting in a clear area, navigation was easier. I was looking for a sub-11 minute swim and got it but should have pushed a little harder on the inbound leg.

Need some more work on my swim, but overall my pace is getting faster.

My spot was all the way to the left, in the corner at the end of the rack coming out of the swim so it was easy to get to my bike, but a long run in shoes to T-exit. Slight problem putting on sunglasses but got out quick. Looks like I tied for second for T1 time.

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Found out the problem with my sunglasses coming out of the no-pass zone. The lenses broke, so grabbed them and put in back pocket. Several "Night Moves" practices helped familiarize me with the course so didn't make the same mistake as last year on chose the right gear for the hills. My cornering was also better this year. Kept a good pace and didn't try to drink anything until turning back on to Hip Pocket but swallowed wrong and spent too much time coughing and trying to get my breathe back. Managed to recover before the next hill. Went in to the no-pass zone and after coming around the library got out of my right shoe but had a little trouble getting foot on top. Left foot no problem. Good flying dismount but the guy in front of me lost control of his bike running across the timing mat and his bike went down. Had to turn hard left to avoid running his bike. After that, quick getting to my rack, shoes on and exiting.

Need to check the course mileage. The timing guys used 13.2 miles, but when I've done "Night Moves" I came up with 13.7-13.8. Check my sunglasses when setting up transition. Probably not drink on the bike at next sprint...if its not too hot out.

Good transition. Looks like I was 3rd for my a/g.

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Felt good on the run. Good mental focus and did not walk any this year. Also did not slow down for water. My goal was to look at the back of the person in front of me, catch them and pass them. I saw Matt ahead of me just before the turnaround and went after him. I knew I had him when I saw him slow down for water. Met up with him, then smoked him :-). I did get passed by an 11 year old kid who ended up winning the 14 and under a/g. During the last mile I was passed by 3 guys in my a/g but they had higher race numbers than me so figured they started behind me. I decided to let them go but tried to stay within 30 seconds of the lead guy. My strategy paid off with all except 1 of them who I think ended up placing 11th in my a/g.

My run time has really come down, a 7:26 pace is the fastest pace I've had coming off the bike in a race. Continue to work on my run.

Walked around, stretched. Light 5 min run.


I've been focusing on my swim and run while maintaining on the bike. Need to continue to focus on the swim and run while improving on the bike too.


Tri-PTC continues to put on one of the best if not the best sprint triathlon in Georiga. Felt very good finishing in FOP instead of MOP. A couple of mis-queues on the bike fumbling with my sunglasses and the water bottle, but overall a good race for me. I shaved 4 min off the swim and almost 3 min off the run from Indian Springs. It was a good double brick workout, just need to make sure I change my mindset from "redline" to "pace" for Duke HIM this Sunday.