Tri 4 Life - Sprint Tri Race Report - Roswell Georgia

Crazy day.  It was a bit shorter for most sprint Tri's (400 yard swim, 10 mile bike, and a 5K run) but the course was really, and surprisingly, hilly for both the bike and the run, a lot of small to medium steep inclines (out of the saddle inclines) it was like throwing out an anchor when you hit them.  i was racing in the clydesdales division which is for guys 200+ pounds. . weather was almost perfect, didn't notice any extreme humidity or temp, the run course was predominantly shady as well.  luckily it kicked off @ 7am because it became really steamy in the afternoon.  Swim was a one-person-at-a-time time trial, which was really awesome.  I felt very strong on the swim, this was my best swim yet for any tri i've done.  I was able to keep a decent pace without my HR going haywire, a lot had to do with not having to stress with the wave start scrum i suppose, and my coach forcing me into the pool and swimming up tempo intervals.  Transition1 (T1) was up a steep hill but i was able to go through it fast (for me), putting on socks still slows me down.  The bike was really  hilly like i said, i averaged only 19.2 MPH for the 10 miles and i was hammering it the whole way.  The OA (overall) winner had an average of 23+ MPH, T2 was pretty fast for me as well.  The run was good and i felt strong, but the hills definitely affected me.  I was able to pace much better than the 5K race in FL and had fairly even splits with a slightly negative split for the last mile (but that could just be a symptom of the hills for that mile).  My time was much higher on the run than i wanted, and i think there is definitely some room for improvement there.  As i was approaching the chute, maybe 40 meters out, a 6'3" guy zoomed right by me.  i thought: "crap" not again, that happened to me last summer when i missed first place clydes by 18 seconds.  I picked up my pace to minimize the damage and finished maybe 15 seconds behind him.  Turns out i had a better swim and bike than he did and he started before me in the time trial start, so i actually "touched him out", beat him by 20 seconds or so.  his run time was in the 21's, mine was in the 24's.  It's crazy that all i thought about all day was how i needed to up my game on the bike and run :)  i ended up 33rd out of 202 overall and 1st of 17 in the clydes division. 

Clydesdales results are here:  http://gamultisports.com/triforlife/files/2011/03/1_Results_ Athena.htm

Full results are here: 
http://gamultisports.com/triforlife/files/2011/03/1_Results_ Overall.htm

Awesome job Bill.

Hearing this makes me kind of glad I didn't do this as my first Tri!  Loved the picture of your race BLING!

Awesome Bill !!!!!
For the record , I would be thrilled will that 5k time without the swim and bike first. You are the man !

Congrats on the division WIN!  always nice to place first!

And yeah, that run time is awesome, nevermind the swim and bike beforehand!

 rockstar baby!  You da man!  I gotta figure out how to get to a race with you man.  

 Awesome! You really rocked it.  

Mazel Tov! What a wonderful race and way to take your group.
Jan

That-A-Boy!!!

Awesome-FLAWLESS VICTORY! Way to execute and get up those hills!