Midwest Meltdown Tri Results
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(Above: I'm the one coming off the timing mat with the white swim cap)
Turned out to be a very nice morning. A nice cool front came in over night. The sun was out for the swim but then the sky turned overcast and stayed cool all morning.
This Year Last Year
Time: 1:36:02 Time: 1:34:59
Overall Place: 33 of 185 Overall Place: 34 out of 168
Place in Gender: 29 of 120
Place in Division M3034: 7 of 15 Place in Division M3034: 6 of 23
Swim: 16:33 Rate: 35:30 Swim: 19:46
Transition 1: 1:47 Transition 1: 2:39
Bike: 47:58 Rate: 19.4 Bike: 45:50 Rate 17.5
Transition 2: 2:25 Transition 2: 1:55
Run : 27:21 Pace: 7:41 Run: 25:47 Rate 7:41
It may appear just by looking at the times that I was slower than last year but the bike and run courses were lengthened.. The bike was an extra two miles. I couldnt believe it when i came out of the water for the first transition and saw that I had taken three minutes off my swim time from last year. I was feeling good and was real excited to get going on the bike leg for which I averaged two miles an hour faster from 17.5 to 19.4 and finished in almost the same amout of time of the shorter distance from last year. [View Image]
Actually, according to my computer I average 20.3mph, but guess I'll have to go by their official time.
The run was the same though, the hills killed me. I focussed more on the swim and bike in my training and so my run suffered, well just didnt improve.
Maybe I can figure it out next year and get all three to improve together.
Here are some nice event photos by Action Images.