Swim
As a strategy, I have decided that I will always start on the back right of the group. I do not want to get caught int the kicking and pushing of the pack. I followed this strategy yesterday and it worked great. During the entire swim I felt very comfortable, good and I was actually passing people. I ended up coming out 16 in my age group (39 people) and 52 out of 110 in my overall group (all 39 and under). Like I said, I felt really good and my pace was actually better than planned.
Bike
The bike started off with problems. First, my right shoe would not clip. Then, 2-3 minutes into the ride, I broke my left shifter. This means that I rode with the small spoke (plato) all the race. Like Tommy (Guardia) said, I probably looked like a Monkey at a fair: pedaling and pedaling. But, anyway, I did not let this syche me out and I rode as fast as I can. My legs tired more, I guess, but I decided that I had enough cushion in my planned time run since I had estimated 70 min there. All in all, my bike time was 3:40 min more than planned, which sux, but still pretty good.
Run
I knew going into the run my legs were tired, and I would probably walk a lot. BUT, I had decided I would do my best to stay under 3h20m overall. Eventually this did not happen, as I allowed myself the time because of the bike problems. I ran the entire first loop, with no walking, but had to start walking more and more in the other loops. I am not sure how much I walked, but it was at least 10-15 minutes of the overall time. I ended up doing better than planned, at 1h06m
After all was said and done, I beat my estimated/planned time by 40 seconds, which is very comforting given the bike issue. I am very pumped up to break the 3 hour mark in the Memorial Herman Olympic tri in 5 weeks, and to do that I need to concentrate to improve the run to break the 10min/mile pace, and just do my previously planned 18.6 mph in the bike. If I can do both, and just maintain my swim, it is very possible.
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