Goal:
0:27:00 Swim (1500M) 1:05:00 Bike (40K) 0:45:00 Run (10K)
Top 5 Finish...
Actual:
0:29:00 Swim (1500M) 1:05:00 Bike (40K) 0:43:00 Run (10K)
7th Place Age Group 30-34 out of 155
93rd Overall out of 1111
Finally!
A great race! I felt strong going into this race and the training finally paid off. The day started at 3:55am with a wake-up call from the front desk, a few modifications to the bike and I was off to the bus that would transfer us from LA Live (Finish Line) to Venice Beach (Starting Line). The swim went "ok" at best, my sighting got a little off and I lost approx. 60sec. re-aligning. At the end of the swim, we transfer to the bike which was a little different as we had to pack our equipment into our bags so that they could be transfered to T1. From there we were off on the bike, and a great bike it was. The course worked really well for me with a lot of flat runs and a few hills mixed in giving me a chance to pick up time lost to faster swimmers. I turned in a 1:05:00 time on the bike which gave me a 2nd place finish in my age group and a 61st finish overall out of 1111 athletes. Once into T2 it was a little confusing finding your gear and getting out to the run. I headed out on the run trying to hold a 0:06:30 pace which went really well for the first 4mi. however that was about the point my mind started to wander and I found my pace jumping all over the place. I ended up finishing with a 0:6:45 pace. All in all the race was a great race and I would definitely recommend it to everyone. 
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