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Tri for Old Glory Race Report

Tri for Old Glory 2015 Race Report
Olympic Distance
Overall - 3:12:13

 Swim - 39:38
T1 - 4:51
Bike - 1:21:54
T2 - 2:07
Run - 1:03:46

Weather

 We have had a lot of rain this year and it was hard to know what weather would show up race day.  We were scheduled to have rain and were lucky that the rain stayed away and the sun stayed away, at least until I had finished.

Swim

 I felt good on the swim, the water was very clean and since it was a small race, very little congestion.  I thought my siting had improved and kept me more on track that previous races.  I'm very pleased with my time but realize there is room for improvement.  Realistically future races this year will not be this easy because there will be ALOT more people!

 Bike

 Before the race Rob had been telling me to go all out, leave it on the course, I feel like I really tried to do that on the bike.  I did slow down a bit towards the end but overall very pleased. I decided to take my road bike rather than take the tri bike but I think I could have done the race on the tri bike but I do not think I would have been as fast and I haven't practiced eating on the bike so thought it was better to take the road bike.  The course was nice, some rolling hills, no congestion and very little traffic.  There was some chip seal and some pot holes but they were well marked.

 Run

 I'm pleased with my run although, I think I could have gone a bit faster than I did.  I still did a walk / run but think I could have ran more than what I did.  I was a bit slow in the beginning, more because my right shin was really tight rather than jell-o legs off the bike but I was able to get it stretched out.

 Overall

 The venue was very nice and I would definitely like to do this race again next year.  I improved my Olympic distance time by 33 minutes and if I would not have wasted so much time in T1 I think I could have got 3rd place, which would be a podium finish.  This is the 1st race that I have been that close to a possible podium finish, which totally changes your mentality about racing.

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