RACE!!!!!!

I'm not too happy about my race this morning. I guess I will tell you why. 1st lets talk about the swim. This was a very good field I was racing. I lined up next to Andy Potts. The best swimmer in triathlons. He had gaped me in 3 strokes. But I wasn't mad at that. It was the fact I can't seem to push myself in the swim. I'm not sure how to put it, but I don't swim like I do in training. It mite be a nervous thing, or it mite be I go out too hard, but at about 200m I stop trying. It's like a mental block in my head. This is the one thing I can't figure out. Now the bike.... I biked really well for early season. Only really being out on the road this passed week. I bike well. I was biking very well till about 30-35k and then I was falling off pace with the guy I was biking with. So overall I was most happy with the bike. On the run I started off a bit slower just so I could find my rhythm. I was felling good till about 8k. Then came a cramp in my side. I don't think I slowed down that much but it sure did hurt alot. I ran faster this year then last. From what I remember my time was 36:30. last year I was around 37. So as you can see the only thing I was really upset was the swim. It's just bugging me that I can't swim like I do in a pool. And I have no idea how I'm going to fix this problem? My time this year was 1:58:30, where last year was 1:56. There was more wind this year. But I really wanted to get under 1:55. Right after the race I went and got my bike and got out of there. I didn't want to stick around the triathlon any longer. So my Mom and Dad brought me over to the gulf of mexico. Me spend a good 2-3 hours just sun tanning and having fun in the water. It took my mind away from what I didn't want to be thinking about. Now I'm just hanging out in the Tampa airport because I just wanted to get away from everyone. I have another few hours before my plane leaves. I will post some pictures from the race when I get home.

Dave