Started the swim cold...my shoulders were screaming at the first 200m and then calmed down around 400m so I could concentrate more. No body to draft of and got passed by a lady that I figured would pass me, I offered to let her go first but I think she wanted to draft me for 200m and then she took off. I actually had a very good swim.

Tighten my shorts. They were catching the water at the turnarounds. So I had to place one hand to hold them up and the other out infront of me. It worked well enough but I would have liked to not think about it.
Maybe shave cause Ronin said I look like a swimming kelp bed.

No running on pool deck. Had a good time going. Was one of the first people out of my heat. Did everything methodical and had a fairly decent transition. Jersey went on fine, Since it was cold out, I put on arm warmers knee warmers which went on easy. Socks were a bit tougher but ok. Put on gloves which take a bit of finess and then glasses. Racing belt then helmet...went smooth.

Tell the weather to be warmer so I did not need the socks or gloves and knee and arm warmers.
Go faster....

Wow, I hammered out of this bike course. I went with my race til yo puke strategy that I enjoy. I was flying...turned up some massive gears and passed most of the people on the hills! yeah you read right..hills...so then I am thinking I may just try and keep up this thing until the end.. I end up going up this one hill pretty good and then it goes into a saddle and in the middle..you know where your trying to keep your momentum..my damn computer falls of...stop run back pick it up. Put it on. while doing that 4 people pass me...so I am pissed and get back on the bike. The hill is long and I have no momentum and I am in a stupidly high gear and I finally get some speed up it turns up to a higher grade...stupid hill. Get to the top and turn and start downhill again..I was seriously going to catch those 4 people. So I hammer and yes I catch one....up some hills spinning rollers big ring catch another rollers big ring hammer pass one more, cant seem to catch the one guy but then there was this little saddle with a big dip and steep climb coming up...hammertime...I hit 54k on the way down and pass the sucker on the hill yeah doing 39k.....I was stoked. Came into transition just infront of him and he says nice ride... I say thanks.
My Ride time was 41:09 pace of 29.45

Not lose computer or not stop for it.

Taking stuff off was suprisingly easier than putting it on. Took my time and kept going assessing the sit of my legs...they felt ok...Tied my shoes up, turned my belt to the front and headed out!

Speed laces. Pull up socks. Go faster.
A total of more than 5 mins wasted in a sprint tri...not good enough!

Legs were working the guy that I passed had beat me out of transition so I tried to keep up with him. my legs were sore but it was doable. Kept all others off of me until just before the turnaround where a couple passed me but I was starting to feel better. Got to the turn around and kept the 2 that passed me right infront. I started picking up my pace...they kept theres...I passed them seen the guy that had beat me out of transition...thought keep it up and you got him...so I was hammering the run from then on. Run run run....up the last hill and onto some gravel..I am right behind this man...I got you..your going to get passed My legs are on fire I can feel all the muscles in them like pistons..I start to sprint with 300m left and I am about to pass him at the 50meters to go line and he starts waving at his kids...oh man...you can't pass a guy infront of his kids....slow down, make sure nobody is behind me and cruise in just behind him. He thanks me for pushing him and I say good race. The woman who passed me at the turn around comes in and says to me that I wasn't fair...she passed me...I said"you got to have a finishing kick!", she says..not from 2.5k out! Well, I laughed and thought about puking...didn't!

Maybe press a bit more. But I did know it was mostly uphill the first half and just wanted to save a bit and conserve some energy to finish strong...which I did...so, nothing really.

Walked around got my bike out of transition. Ate some food, and waited to see the awards. Oh, I got 3rd in my age group...I was in shock!


Basically, not really training with speed in mind.


I hammered this race..I am glad..I had nothing left in me after this race...loved that feeling.

Ronin crashed...had a snooze in transition and still beat me! MAN!