Cedars of Lebanon - Recap

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Race Recap: Cedars of Lebanon 8/28/10

Last Saturday was the Cedars of Lebanon Triathlon, my final tuneup for D.C., in Cedars of Lebanon State Park outside of Nashville. It was a Sprint race, meaning it was shorter than the Olympic distance I'll race in Washington D.C.

• 300 meter pool swim
• 16 mile bike through hilly Lebanon
• 3 mile run

 In transition area before race

This was a much smaller number of racers than the Music City Triathlon. There were 26 racers in my age group (Men 25-29).
It was my first time racing in a pool (Music City was in river, so will DC) .They say you "shouldn't leave anything on the course", but I peed in the pool technically leaving behind something. Swim time: 5:35 (4th /26).Finishing 4th gives me a lot of confidence heading into next weekend.

The bike had more hills than I expected. Once again, the bike really jammed up my time. I finished in 54:57 (11th/26). There is a recurring theme with these races: bike time holding me back. Perhaps it's my head which is too large and bulbous for my helmet.

The run was party shaded and completely Copyrighted by 2010 brightroom. I finished the 3 miles run in 24:13 (6th/26). I hauled ass the final mile... next time I'll see if I can keep that pace the entire run.

I finished 6th out of 26 in my age group and a final time of 1:28:29. I wanted a Top 10 finish... I really wanted a Top 5 finish. I'll get there. When I improve my bike time, then I'll start seeing the results I want.

Friday of next week I leave for Washington DC. I'm excited. I'm only nervous because I want to do well and hit my goals. I'll get into this stuff more with my next post, but I have specific time goals for each split of the race in DC. I just want to be in the Top 25% of my age group- a modest goal for my first Olympic distance race. It can be done!

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