Race Day!

Goals: (this was my so called A race) top 10 age group, under 1 hour 30 mins

Reality: 8th in age group, 1:31:34

I'm a bit bummed that I wasn't able to keep it under 1:30, but I'm still really pleased with my times. That was my first ocean swim and I felt like it went really well. I was in the pack of girls first out of the water. Now that was a real half mile swim. All those other races I have to say were def not. They spent a lot of time talking about the large numbers of jelly fish in the water, but fortunately I didn't meet any.

Swim: distance 1/2 mile, 15 minutes even
T1: 5:02 Really need to work on getting my wet suit off faster.

Bike was good. I worked really hard to keep my HR even and my breathing good. Felt very in control. Got passed a lot, but I'm just going to assume that that was because there were so many good bikers that were slower swimmers. Averaged 18mph! Nice increase of 2 mph.

Bike: 12 miles, 40:54

T2: 1:39 Yuck..thought I had it down to under a minute with the last race. Legs were a bit shaky going into T2.

Felt really good going out onto the course. Kept the same pace I did for the last race, even with the additional half mile. I can't help wondering if maybe I should have gone just a bit faster though. Although I'm really happy that I managed to keep the same pace as the last race for a longer distance and my hr didn't sky rocket and my breathing was under control.

run: 3.4 mile run, 29 even