Finally kicked off my race season yesterday at the inaugural 5430 Sprint Tri in Boulder, CO. The bike leg on this one was a little longer than the typical sprint, so I knew my time wouldn’t be directly comparable to prior years’ sprint races. I had loosely estimated a finish around 1:35 or so, especially since I trained through this race and didn’t taper. Anyway. I shocked myself, with 9th place in my age group (out of 97), and 213th overall (out of 934). My run time blows me away…I’ve never even run a straight up 5k that fast…I guess speedwork really does help.

Split times:

.5 mi Swim: 14:05
T1: 1:27
17 mi Bike: 48:34
T2: 1:07
3.1 mi Run: 24:00

This is exactly what I needed to see to stay motivated at this point in the season.

Happy racing fellow tri-geeks!