It was about 100M before the first turn. So, I just relaxed and found some space. By the time we reached the first turn, the pack was thinning out. As I was breathing I could start to see less and less green caps. We reached the back of the yellow caps. I got towards the front of the yellow caps. It felt good to race some on the swim.

this swim was about a minute longer than the last time I did this race. It just shows that I need to swim more.

I ran hard to T1 but I guess not hard enough. I got a little turned around on how far down the row I needed to go and lost a little time.

Follow what Dan A. preaches...walk from swim to T1!

Very slow bike. I did not handle the hills well. I hammered the flats well. I only got passed by two guys, so I did not do terrible, but I was average in my AG.

This was as quick as the quickest. I got my feet out in advance of the line. Nice flying dismount and run to my spot. I sat down to put my shoes on...damn I can't break that habit. Put hat and belt on while I was running.

This was a plotting run. Hit this pace and just could not turn it up from there. I am not going to complain. I am still running most runs at base pace, so there is no high end in the legs. It will come next season.

I hung out with Coldfire, little shard of iron, and his wifey. They have a really good thing going and a very nice family.


Tri the Parks is a nice smallish chill race. This was my first race 6 years ago. Nice to go back to your roots now and then.