The Good News: After two subpar bike performances. I promised I would take it easy on the swim and hammer the bike. I did. I rode the 17 miles in 43:18, thats 23.55 mph. I have never ridden so fast. I was 2:18 off the leader. I was the 21 fastest bike but I was only 18 seconds out of 14th. I passed hundreds of people. I had the Diesel humming and I handed out a lot "spankings".
The Bad News: My relaxed swim was so slow that I am still trying to figure how I could have swum so slow. I would have gone faster if I breaststroked... seriously. I felt like I was swimming great but at the turn around I saw some purple caps from the clydesdale class that started 3 minutes behind me. I even so some people pass my doing the breast stroke... I can not figure it out. I was taking easy but not that easy. I finshed swim with a 17:23. So much for taking it easy.
The race was fun and in the end I finshed 6th in my age group. I caught Mark Kauffman from the YMCA TRI club during the Bike but he ran me down and finished 5th. It is great to race head to head.
I am headed to the pool. I am going to swim everyday until I figure it out. It is all about pace. If I can figure out how to swim more competitively it will take my game to the next level.
Maybe its my nickname... Diesels are not known for their swimming. Maybe I just need a new handle....
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