1st Tri of the year

Yesterday (4.22.6) was Industrial Revolution Day since Capitalism is the only reason we have time, energy and wealth to devote to such frivolity as saving the earth and triathlon etc. Back in the day you’d be lucky to make 40 years. And all of those years starting as early as you could do physical labor would be spent struggling to survive for 10-12 hours every day. Today was the earth day tri. 500 yd pool swim then drive to the bike/run venue. It’s all on non-technical trails so ! rode the Jackal. She’s my ‘cross bike. 7.5 mile bike (3 laps) and 2.5 mile run (2 laps). ! thought my swim was pretty good until ! looked up last year's time. ! slipped back 8 seconds. 8:04. Best time was like 6:18 and the record is 5:09. My lane mate was wearing an Mdot pendant so ! asked her which IM she did. She rattled off 5. ! lapped her. ! think the 13 year old kid is the one that was torqued last year about his swim time in the mid 6s. He did 6:36 today. ! made up that time before the end of the 2nd (of 3) lap on the bike and never saw him again. ! was too busy chasing the MTB chick w/ the pastel blue helmet. W/ her fat tires she got by me on the sketchy descent. ! beat her up the big climb next lap and she got past again. ! hunted her down and hit T2 about 10 seconds ahead and didn't give up anything in Transition. Of course that meant ! had to outrun her for 2.5 miles. She won the girls 25-29 age group long enough after me that ! could stand on my own and breathe already. ! was having trouble keeping my eye on her on the 2nd lap since a mob was just starting the run right in front of me. That's right. ! beat quite a few out of T2 by enough to run 1.25 miles. ! think my time was 56-58 minutes. The winners of the men and women overall and my age group were faster. ! would have won my old age group. Based on where the officials parked the Jackal it seems ! was 7th overall into T2 and no one ran past me. So there. Results and photos aren't posted yet. http://www.thetpi.com/