I told margreet before the race that my plan was to be on the podium and I took third in the 40-49 age group. I felt confident because I've been training well and also because I didn't expect a deep field given there was a half iron this day too.
swim 23.19 (two loops with a run around a picnic table on the beach)
bike 1:13:35 (one loop with two solid climbs and lots of rollers, some rather technical turns and some awesome relatively flat stretches too)
run 43.00 (two loops .. undulating .. two short sharp hills .. the last downhill gave me the momentum to sprint away from someone who had caught me!)
2:21:50
The guy who won my age group did 2:07 (37 10k). He raced as an elite for 10 years when he was younger but still looked to be in "decent" condition!
The guy who came in second finished in 2:21:01.
I was 12th overall, having been passed by one guy on the bike and one guy on the run.
The winning time overall was 2:00:29.
I'm happy with my effort and my performance. I had a few reminders on what I need to work on including shedding my wetsuit and doing so in front of "my" bike.
It was a bit cool and damp to start the day though it didn't rain during the event. Still I needed to hit the brakes a bit more than planned a few times as I hadn't checked out the course ahead of time and wasn't aware of some of the turns, nor what might be around the bend.
I hadn't noticed the cold on the bike and so I didn't realize how cold my hands were until I was trying to get my feet out of my shoes heading toward T2. I got one out but couldn't release the strap on the other. And I then struggled to put on my shoes for the run. Oh well.
My feet were frozen for the first 2km or so of the run and were sore after the race too.
A great start to my season.
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