First time to start in the middle. It was not to bad, but for sure got the heart rate up. water was clear enough to see feet so I knew when I was coming up on someone. I ran into a few from the previous waves who may have been standing to cath there breath.

Swim more. I thought this is what I would swim, but during the swim I thought I needed to train more. This seems to be the recurring theme in my training.

I wish people would not stop side by side figuring out how to clip in pedals during a race.

Sign up earlier to get a rack closer to bike exit.

My goal was to avg closer to 23, but I guess I am not ready for that yet. The headwind out was not nice at all and it felt like a continuous incline going out. At the turn around I saw a rider go down and it looked bad. He was sitting up, but it sounded bad when it happened. After the turn we had a tailwind and I flew the rest of the way. I was glad no one flew past me like I was standing still.

I need to get some interval training in. I think this limited my ability to hammer longer. I just need more miles more miles and some more miles.

Yanks and going sockless makes for a fast transition.

I was gassed for the entire run. I never hurt, but I just could not catch my breath. During my brincks in training I would feel better by mile 2, but I think the heat and humidity may have drained my go fast. My goal was to run closer to 7 minute miles, but I just could not get there. This leads me back to swim and bike more and I will hit my 7 min mile goal.

bike more

drink water,double daves, huged son (wife denied my hug because of sweat and smell), and thanked my dad for comming out




heat, humidity and not swiming and biking enough




This was the first race for me to do with the AG. I still am 220 pounds, but I want to be fast so I thought I would push harder racing with the age groupers. When the results were first show I was 4th place and I was dissapointed. why? I am very competitive! I had a goal of 1:25 and I missed by a few minutes. For the first time I think I do not train near hard enough, but things will change. I hooked direc TV up in the garage so I can get on the trainer when it is dark so I can get interval and tempo training in. I want to shave 49 minutes off my HIM time and this race was a wake up call. Now I am off to find money for a power tap, garmin and coach- LOL