My tri friend M who I have been riding with a lot recently finished 6th in a very competitive age group, and was 3rd swimmer out of the water in her wave at the Mission Bay Triathlon over the weekend.
Another friend who did the race commented: "lots of pricey and cool bikes out there without a quality rider on them. i passed people on my measly 21mph avg who were on felt DA's & cervelo p3c's with discs and 808's and aero helmets etc. i swear one guy i passed couldn't have been going more than 17 on fiesta on his specialized s-works with a disc."
I had SO wanted to do this race as my first tri, but instead was over at North Island waiting with my daughter for the USS Nimitz to come back in from a 6 mo deployment.
CRB was down yesterday afternoon for an appointment, so we met for an easy-paced 5.75 mi run in Del Mar along the beach.