Indian Springs Analysis

I know I have said this a million time but it is really difficult being your own worst critic. In this sport we are often looking for a silver lining that doesn't exist. There is no such thing as a perfect race. It will never happen. So you have to just accept it. All you can focus on is giving it 100%--from start to finish.

I spent most of Saturday pissed off about this race. I refused to acknowledge the numerous improvements. All I could focus on is that I got mowed down on the run. I failed to recognize the other accomplishments like significantly beating my time from last year, riding at 20+ more watts, feeling better after the race. Those are the keys to success. It is often hard to keep that in mind when you have a particular burning image in your head.

Race Analysis:

	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Overall
Andrew	0:12:09	0:00:56	0:38:41	0:00:42	0:23:04	1:15:34
Top 10	0:10:34	0:00:49	0:37:48	0:00:42	0:19:56	1:09:50
Fastest	0:09:24	0:00:35	0:35:44	0:00:25	0:18:00	1:07:15
Overall (408)	51	52	15	17	74	26
AG Rank (35)	11	8	2	2	10	8

Year to Year Comparison

	2009	2010
Swim	0:11:59	0:12:09
T1	0:00:58	0:00:56
Bike	0:39:53	0:38:41
T2	0:00:55	0:00:42
Run	0:24:18	0:23:04
Overall	1:18:06	1:15:34
OA Rank	49	26
AG Rank	7	8

Swim: Obviously I am disappointed here. I saw progress in my first two races but my last two were completely flat in this area. However, I will say that I feel like I am exiting the water feeling better. I have talked to the Masters coach and really need to anchor down in July and August to see some improvement on my swim.

Transitions: Nothing to note here. I certainly didn't give up time here.

Bike: Big improvement here. My power looked much better. And the results show that people weren't riding away from me. I also shaved 1:20 off my time. That is huge in a small race

Run: While it sucked in a big way, I didn't drop 1:15 or nearly 25s per mile. I need to drop the negative thoughts and view that as an accomplishment.

Overall time: I shaved over 2:30 minutes off a spint which pleases me.

The interesting thing to note is my rankings. I moved up nearly 20 spots overall despite the race having 50 more people than last year. But I dropped a spot in my age group when 14 more people joined.

I used to benchmark myself against how I did in my age group but I don't think that is solid anymore. These results show why. Once you enter 30+ age groups, they all suck. They are just fast. I placed 26th overall. 25 people beat me and 7 of them are in my age group alone. That is a crowded field.