What a kick. That was fun. You know, the painful kind of fun. Small race, maybe 200 at the start line. Very well done, from A-Z.
I could see some serious artillery bike-wise in the transition area so figured if the rider can match the bike, people are going to go fast today.My goal was to stay in the top 10 on the run and try and not allow the lead runner to enter a different zip code. Then drop the hammer on the bike. Pretty sure I was 6th or 7th off the run and caught 1st place on the bike at the top of the climb which happened to be the turn around. This is Alex Yanez in photo and he held 1st until then. Fortunately I was riding a Giant also(albeit standard road w/ clip on bar) and she didn't let me down.
We had company on the descent and the guy passing was pushing a big gear where as Alex and I spun out. Tuck and get aero, all we could do. The race ended with a mere 100 yard swim and by the last 25 meter I was in the race leaders lane. Now I don't pretend to be some good swimmer. But I do wish we had another 25 to go :) Great time, great people, great workout, great race!
