Yesterday I raced the DeRuyter Triathlon, This race consisted of a 1/2 mile swim 16 mile bike and a 3 mile run.I was using this race as and of season race to go out and have some fun!! And thats exactly what I did. I went into the race hoping to place in the top 5 overall based on the past years results.
It has been said that you can not win a race during the swim but you can lose one. Well I proved that theory wrong. I took first place overall solely due to out swimming the field.
I swam 15:20
Biked 44:10 = 21.6 mph
Ran 21:40
to finish in 1:22
I had the race I wanted to have!! However I never knew i was winning because I started in the 3rd swim wave and was chasing people the whole race. The guy who took 2nd started in the 1st wave 10 minutes before me and the 3rd place finisher started 5 minutes ahead of me so they both finished ahead of me so i had thought I placed 4th or 5th. Needless to say I was very delighted with todays performance. I rode my new Cannondale and had a good ride but still need to work some kinks out. I was very pleased with my Swim, run and transitions today they made all the difference.
How it is a month of running focus hoping to build mileage up to 17 or 18 miles by Nov. 1st
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