This was a mass start, which was a little different than I am used to. I ended up standing in the front of the pack at the starting line by accident. got passed by the elite bikers pretty fast. A lot of other people passed me right off the bat, but I caught up to them after they realized it was a long hill and they weren't going to be sprinting up it. I pushed pretty hard up the hill and made a pretty decent pace. After the turn around and popped in my highest gear and sprinted down. I ended up losing a little steam in the middle of the return leg. I shifted down and took it easy to get my HR back down. I couldn't see anyone else in sight in my AG that I was going to be able to pass, so I didn't push the last 2 miles.

I passed a lot of people on the climb, only to get tired and have to slow a little. I should stick to my own pace instead of worry about passing people that early.

This was a seamless transition. I managed to get my feet out on top of my shoes OK, but it was a little late. I just had to slam on the brakes since I hit the dismount line. Transition area was small, so pretty easy in and out.


Some speed laces would be nice, but not much else. 37 seconds is not that long.

Run went OK. I was a little worried about my IT band/hamstring, but they didn't bug me too bad. I got the normal cement legs coming off the bike, but honestly I am not sure I ever got my running legs back this race. I just kept a pretty hard pace and didn't stop or slow down. Just kept telling myself it was only 2 miles. Pace was about as planned

Nothing went poorly, just need to get my running endurance and leg fully healed.

Nothing, I should have walked and stretched a little, but I just sat on the grass.


Well I got first in my AG, so did I NEED to go faster? :)
Really I didn't do anything dumb this race. I am getting the hang of racing and I just need to train to become faster. This race was pretty small and the AG were pretty narrow, so it wasn't like I deserved first. I'll take it though!


I had a lot of fun at this race and it was for a good cause. It was pretty disorganized though. I hope they can do a little bit better job next year. I'll be back next year.