Geez...Live and learn! Third ever Olympic Triathlon.
Today was definitely a bit disappointing in some respect. Mostly because I know I could have gotten a time a lot better then I posted. The swim killed my time overall. I didn't think I was doing that bad, but I did notice that it was a lot tougher to get position, so I found myself going around people a lot compared to what I was used to. I'm not too experienced with drafting and am always afraid I'm going to get hit in the head, so I usually just try and stay away from the crowd. This time for some reason this was a lot more difficult to do...This could have contributed to my horrible 31 min swim, alot worse then my Timberman swim, which was the same distance and I posted a 26:30 swim time.
The bike went pretty well, my computer feel off due to my aero bottle sliding all over the place. I found it later all smashed. The bike course was somewhat bumpy but nothing too unusual. I felt pretty good, and even took a gel on the bike, which I've never done before. When the T2 came around I couldn't unclip so I had to bike a bit past the T2 in order to get my foot out...Sort of threw me off, but nothing too bad. My overall time for the bike was a 1:04.20 (22.7 mph), which was a bit slower then last year. But I wasn't surprised, my time last year on the bike was really fast! (23.84mph).
The run was better then last year, or at least I did feel alot better. The competition out there really made me push it to my limit today on the 10K, which was good because it gave me my best ever 10K time in a triathlon and in a 10K ever, a 40:47 (6:34 pace).
Overall time came out to 2:18.11 which was a 22 second PR compared to last year.
I came in 5th overall, 1st in age group. All in all, I am not too pleased with how I did today overall, I am not sure what happened to me in the swim, and it's a bit frustrating to know that I could have placed 1st or 2nd if I would have gotten a decent swim time, since I knew I could swim a 26:30...Live and learn I guess....
Key Take Away: Swimming, big disappointment, and possibly the biggest thing to get over when it came to my overall time.
I am glad I got to do this race though, I just wish I wasn't so competitive with myself! I had a blast out there, and I'm grateful I am able to do tri's day in and day out.
Gabe's sister said to me, you did great, you're such an inspiration! That really makes it all worth while no matter overall place or time. =)
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