Weight wise, I am down to 196 pounds now. I am happy about this accomplishment even though my goal was to weigh less, but I need to face the fact that I have put on muscle at the same time, so a better guage would have been body fat percentage. . but 196 is better than last year and I still feel as though I can loose another 5-10 pounds by Ironman. If I could be 188 or so. . that would be awesome.
So much for that now on with the race. This is the first time I have done the Bikesource Triathlon as an individual. I have as a team before, but this was way more fun. So the triathlon is a sprint triathlon, consisting of 600 meter swim, 11.5 mile bike and 3 mile run.
The swim is done in Heritage Park Lake (Duck Pond) and water temp was 70 degrees. Really it wasn't that bad at all. . . but my feet did touch the bottom a couple of times while we were waiting to start and they sank into about a foot of mud/yuck/etc. . That stuff really grosses me out.
I had a decent swim. .I was second out of the water, the guy that beat me, only did by a few seconds and the third place guy Sandy Cohen (a friend) was right on my heels and we basically had the same time. I got passed by about 3 people in transition and then hit the bike as hard as I could. All week leading up to the race, I kept telling myself to just HAMMER the bike. . just go as fast as I can till all 11.5 miles were done, and that is what I did.
Normally in the bike part of the triathlon is where I get passed a lot. . well I am happy to report that I passed 3 people and only got passed by 2 people. Individuals that I expected to pass me never did, so to say I am happy with my bike portion is an understatement. The bike leg was 3 loops and had a couple of hills in it that kept everyone honest. I am a decent climber, so even though hills hurt, they can help at the same time. Oh, and I got to use my Giro Advantage 2 Aero Helmet for the first time, and I love it!!!!!
In transition I got passed by about 3 people and then on the run another 5-6 people passed me. I am not a good runner, in fact, I am just plain slow. So, my first mile was 6:48. . and that is acutally very fast for me. .. .the next two miles must have been around 7:30 or so, but I can see that I am becoming a faster runner, but just not fast enough.
Oh, and thank you to Bike Stop (http://www.bikestoponline.com/) for their help and support. Notice the jersey?
My overall time: 59 minutes 50 seconds
Swim Time: 6 minutes 37 seconds (2nd Place in the swim)
Transition 1 Time: 1 minute 38 seconds
Bike Time: 29.09 (6th place in the bike)
Transition 2 Time: 1 minute 6 seconds
Run Time: 21 minutes 22 seconds (83rd place on the run)
Overall Place: 14 out of 206
Age Group: 3 out of 39
