Good things...
Mentally, I was much more on my game this tri. I was able to push myself more and see the fruits of my training. There's still some room for growth, but it was amazing to feel stronger this race.
Flat course...so much easier to run.
A girl and I kept passing each other on the bike. I've been the person who wasn't able to pass that last time. Yesterday, I was the passer. Felt so good.
The people along the route had hoses out to spray us as we ran by...very nice.
Bad Things...
I now have some serious bike envy. Yes, I need to train more, but people on their fancy, schmancy bikes zoomed right past me.
Couple of rude people...I never like someone to tell me how to race. I've read the rules and I abide by them. A woman passing me said. "On your left" (which is curteous to say), followed by, "Stay on the right" as if this were my first race. I was in the middle, a bike width from another person that I was slowly passing. This woman had plenty of space to pass me on the left. Yes, I'm venting, but it was obnoxious.
I'm a wus in the swim...I hate to be in the frey and my time suffers from it. I do not, however, freak out in the water (a very good thing). It was a little bit of a reflex/defense mechanism, but the woman who began to swim over me felt my knee and elbow in her chest.
Stats...
Swim 1000 m
23:00 min (2:18 rate)
T1 (long run back to transition area)
6:08 min
Bike 40 k
1:28.10 (16.9 rate)
T2
2:37 min
Run 1
29:07
Run 2
27:58
Total run 57:05
pace of 9:17
