Back to back weekends, back to back Monster Tri's. This one in Denton. For the 3rd year in a row, I would compete on my birthday (or birthday weekend).
This would be a familiar course, as it was basically the same course as The Old College Tri, but, with a slightly longer bike route.
One of my old buddies, Chris Rapp, was participating in his 1st Tri. It was fun to give him some encouragement along the way.
The pool looked "small" compared to last week's 50m pool. I got in, got off to a good start, but, got hemmed in behind a slow swimmer. Even with the slow swim, I bested my last swim in that pool by 11 seconds.
Off to the bike...like last time, I was fast on the way out, with my splits north of 20 mph. And again, like last time, I was slower on the way back. Strava showed 17.8mph for the ride, but the chip time showed 17.3mph.
The run was slow and steady at about 10 minutes per mile.
All in all, a 1:36:13. 28th of 35. frustrating.
However, I completed my 8th tri of the year. I may hit "best of the best" in two weeks, and then focus on running season.
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