I can't believe it's already race week, and that I'm about to compete in my third tri of the season. This next race isn't an "A" race for me. My main motivation for participating in this race is to get more experience racing with an OWS. This is more of a preparation for TriWaco in July. The entire race is a little shorter, 400 m swim 11 mile bike, and 2 mile run. Now that doesn't mean I plan on taking it easy and getting in some sightseeing at Lynn Creek Park during the race. I still plan to race hard and give it my best effort. But my main focus will be the swim.
Swim Goal :I would like this to be the first open water race where I don't panic during the swim. I think we'll be allowed to warm up in the lake before we start, which should help me feel more comfortable. I know how fast I can swim in my time trial at the pool, and yet every race is much slower than that. I have yet to hit my swim goal time in a race. I haven't had as much time training at the lake as I would like, but the last OWS went very well, and I felt perfectly comfortable in the murky water. I'm setting the goal here at 9 minutes.
Bike: This is a flat, fast course. Plus the 25 mph winds have finally died down now that spring has come and gone. The goal here is to maintain 18 mph or greater average speed and come in under 37 minutes.
Run: Again, I think it's a fast flat course, and being only 2 miles, I should be able to push it a little harder than in May, but it's going to be the first really hot race of the season, and my training times have slowed as the temperature has risen. The goal here is 8:40 pace, which would put me finishing the run in 17:20.
Add in time for transitions, and my goal is to finish in under 1 hour 10 minutes.
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