Ben went out in the first wave and my wave was right after his. My last couple times swimming in open water were a little rough, due to slowness and fatigue, but I spent the last week at the pool w/ my video cam analyzing and fixing my stroke and I think it helped. I wasn't the fastest out there, but I was comfortable and having fun. The swim was pretty much shoulder to shoulder the whole time with guys in front and behind me, too, which may sound intimidating but I really had fun banging around out there.
As soon as I was out of the water and running back to the transition area, I thought I was going to puke even tho it was only a 1/4 mile swim. This always seems to happen to me... I did not puke tho and made it on my bike and out the shute in decent time.
Then I rode for 14 miles along the lake so it was mostly flat with 2 hills. This is where our Cascade Loop bike tour payed off. Those hills were no match for me and I averaged 20.2 mph according to my speedo. When I came back thru the transition area, I accually passed Ben but didn't even realize it. I was in there for 1:11.8 and Ben was pushing 3 minutes at 2:52.2 - they were almost going to get him to sign a rental agreement.
A couple minutes into the run I could tell I was red lining it, so I started walking. I did this for about 20 seconds before Ben ran by me. Obviously that ended my walk break. It was really cool tho to be able to run together - it was just like in training. We had a great run thru the state park... dirt trail thu tall grass, a little creek, lots of trees. At the end tho I turned it on, leaving Ben, and passing maybe 10 or so guys to finish the 3.4 mile run with a 7.26 mile avg.
Here's the unofficial rankings and times for me and Ben.
Matt Wilson age 34
Place: 71 out of 440 overall, 8th in my division of 24 men ages 30-34
Total time: 1:19:20
Ben Guiney age 39
Place: 117, 19th in his division of ??? ages 35-39
Total time: 1:22:56
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