Finished!

I only found out my exact time the next day: 2:49:08!! If you're just reading this post the gory details are in the previous 4 or 5, but here's the general breakdown:

Swim - 00:25:17 (1:42/100 meters pace)
T1 - 00:02:57
Bike - 01:15:25 (19.8 MPH pace)
T2 - 00:03:04
Run - 01:02:06 (10:03/mile pace)

Total - 02:49:08

So overall I either hit or was really close to my goals. My swim time shocked me! I found out later that I was only 1:18 away from 10th place in the men's TNT group which would have meant an award. That's almost unfathomable to me; I am not a fast person. And the difference? The 10th place guy (also a D.C. TNT participant) had a combined transition time 1:18 faster than mine. If I had known that could I have gone faster? Maybe a couple seconds in transition, but I really didn't leave much out on the course. I don't think I could have pushed much harder on the run without getting in some real trouble. To put things in perspective here is how I fared overall in my age group (with TNT and novice men 30-34 included) and how I did in the TNT group (which includes TNT men of all ages):

• Overall
• TNT: 16/126
• AG 30-34: 143/252
• Swim
• TNT: 2/126 (!!!)
• AG 30-34: 45/252
• Bike
• TNT: 14/126
• AG 30-34: 128/252
• Run
• TNT: 48/126
• AG 30-34: 185/252
• T1 + T2
• TNT: 37/126
• AG 30-34: 184/252

So my run and transitions hurt me (duh), but I thrilled with the swim (top 18% of my age group!) and bike (right in the middle of AG). One day I hope to be able to run in the middle of the pack. Maybe I should stick with the aquabike events! Overall results for St A's can be found here. I had to import them and resort to get the overall AG results with TNT and Novice athletes above.

The party at the infamous Cha Cha Coconuts was a lot of fun (just check out the pictures). I have no idea how we could possibly have danced for two hours after that, but we did. Sunday we packed up and headed home, more than a little sore but not as bad as I would have thought. It was an incredible weekend and I can't wait to do more. We will definitely be back next year, TNT or not. We're going to rest up for a bit with only a 5K on the immediate horizon, but here's what's on the calendar for the rest of the summer:

Black Bear sprint
New Jersey State sprint
North East Olympic
Dewey Beach sprint

I don't think we'll squeeze any more in there ;)