Notes
The race went well! It started with the mass swim. I started in from the buoys for the race which is definitely preferable. There was a little bit of ruckus but nothing that bad. For the first time in my life I exited the water in sight of the leaders here! T1 was great, I didn't even towel off, just grabbed my bike and went. The bike felt good too, I pushed hard on the hills and harder on the slight downhill. I almost ate it on the first lap when I went off into the grass! But I recovered and got back out onto the road without losing too much speed. T2 was so so, my legs were still wet from the swim so I had a hard time getting my shoes on. First time in my life that T2 was longer than T1! Once I got going my legs were threatening to give me calf cramps so I hedged and slowed down to try again later. Second lap I looked behind me and a guy who I was with on the swim and was trailing me by 40s on the bike was catching up. I pushed harder but he pulled ahead of me with a mile to go. I held on strong but was still unable to catch him. Good race overall! Downside: I discovered that my rear brake was rubbing at the end of the race, likely during the race too judging by my slightly slower than average bike split. Other downside was that I saw all of the leaders drafting all the time. Not sure if it was just too bunched up or what but I didn't like it.
.5mile swim: 13:57 (including some run up from the beach) 10th out of the water
T1: 23.2
12mile bike in the park: 34:42.5 (good for 11th)
T2: 36.3
3.5 mile run 21:04 (7th)
Overall time 1:10:43.7, 8th overall, winner was 1:04:44 yeesh
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