2011 Grand Rapids Triathlon Recap

Big thanks to the race organizers of the new Grand Rapids triathlon.  It was a great race for the first race.  With that said.  I felt great that morning, really ready to go.  I did the half ironman distance race and it was the first triathlon for the season.  I ended up getting a parking space pretty close so I didn't have to take there shuttle back and forth.  Which was good because I forgot the skeeter spray and they where out in full force.  It was a really long transistion area and kind of a narrow road.  Got things ready said hi to everyone and took off on the swim.  The swim went good despite taking someones leg square in the nose.  But luckily I still could breathe good, just hurt good.  Ended up swimming my fastest half iron swim of 31 mins.  Long run to my bike put on my Lin Socks and off on the bike.  The bike was good, despite getting directed to go a wrong direction in Clarksville.  We knew it was the wrong way but you never if something happened on the course and they had to redirect.  But some drove up to us a half mile up and turned us around.  But another guy was a couple miles up from us.  The last 10 miles I started to struggle.  To date I haven't got to many long rides in.  I just tried to keep another team mate Mark in my sights since he started  to pull away.  I thought maybe I could out run Mark but Eric was behind me and he was for sure going to out run me.  The run was getting warm.  But all the aid stations had ice and lots of supplies.  Finished with a 4:42 not bad considering I went off course.  Might have been close to a PR if I didn't.  But 3rd in age group was good.  Actually age group wise I don't really think it would have changed to much.  Oh, well.  On to Johan's Tri after I get some work done at the Discovery Chiropractic.