Cornhusker State Games Triathlon

The state games triathlon came and went yesterday. It ended up being a pretty good day for racing and I ended up racing pretty good for the day. I finished 3rd overall and won my age division as well. I put up a struggle of a swim at 10:12 for the 750m course, 32:50 for the 21k bike (just shy of 24mph pace), and 19:03 (6:07/mile) for the 5k run. I think I ended up with about the 3rd fasted bike split.

Only until after the race did I find out that there was only an 11 second gap between 1st place and 3rd.  Making it more of a bummer, the guy that was directly in front of me was the guy that won. -- There were different heats so I didn't know how close things were. I could have ran him down if I would have known. He was only about 40-50 meters ahead of me for about the last 3/4 of a mile. Instead I casually cruised in, not having the psyche to push myself otherwise. 

It was good to get out there and hammer and see all the other racers that I am acquainted with. 

I ended up looking like a half-assed Swamp Thing I was so covered in algae from the swim. The bike course resembled a busy 3rd world street on the second and third lap of the bike -- once all the other racers got out there. It turned into a danger zone having to mix with the couple of hundred people out there all pushed into one lane on a street. I basically had to say "passing" the entire time on the 3rd lap. The run was a trudge, but my pace was a lot better than my last triathlon and I felt pretty comfortable at the pace I was running. 

I used my F-Stop Satori bag for all my race gear since we had to walk in a ways to the transition zone. Worked like a charm.