Rock Hill Results

I have pulled up old times from the previous races to see how I did. 

SWIM
2008:  0:07:23
2009:  0:05:53
2010RH:  0:05:55
My take away from this is I need to submit a faster swim time to the seeding site.  I continually put in about 02:10.  My swim time tallies - if I am doing the math correctly - is actually closer to 02:36.  But when I look at how many people I pass when I am in the water - this time around I passed 2 and could have passed a third - I think that maybe I am undercutting myself while others are overselling themselves.  I know that people passing me will make me feel defeated since EVERYONE passes me on the bike and run but.... I think for the September race I am going to submit a race time of 01:59.  This is a time slot just faster than the stated average pace.  Now maybe I should work to actually get to that pace.
One thig for sure - I am consistent with my pace so far.
T1
2008:  0:06:24 didnt understand the importance and impact of a fast transition time
2009:  0:03:37 tried to put transition to work for me
2010RH:  0:03:04 this felt slow and could warrant improvement next time around.. i know this looks to be an improvement but I think that had more to do with the size of race and the size of the transition area...  I didnt have to run too far from the pool or with my bike.

Bike
2008:  0:43:59 (9 miles)
2009:  0:39:53 (9miles)
2010RH:  0:51:07  (10 miles)  BUT I also think there was a difference in the grade of the road.  There werent any large hills to climb on this ride.  There also werent any large hills to roll down - which can improve pace just by the nature of gravity.  I averaged a little over 5 minute miles at this ride.  The others were around 4:30minutes.  So even though I put new tires on the bike it did not markedly improve my ride time.  I must admit that this somewhat disappoints me.  But I have 11 weeks to work on that.


T2
2008:  0:02:58
2009:  0:02:23
2010RH:  0:01:18 - not much to say on this one

run
2008:  0:29:35
2009:  0:27:58
2010RH:  0:27:44 - Oh, come on now, you gotta be happy with this.  Who would have thought this would be the area to see improvement.  Your least favourite area.  Now, I know same as the bike the terrain for this was different.  The rolling path had little to no incline in comparison to the Huntersville location.  But you managed to keep a consistent pace as well. 

TOTAL
2008:  1:30:17
2009:  1:19:43
2010RH:  1:29:06 - I am happy with this time.  It was within the 90 minute range I was shooting for given the smaller amount of time to train, the heat, the longer bike ride, and different terrain.
I will do this race again next year.  It is nice.  It is a smaller race.

Now I have 11 weeks to get my head around the next race.
I am seriously considering getting up and doing the Splash & Dash on Saturday morning.  Just to get me out of the house and moving some more.  I dont really need to improve from last year.  I havent been prepping with that long of a distance.
I have also thought about the Dash for Divas that a few of my clients are signed up to do.  It is supposedly a really fun race.  We shall see.  I would need to learn how to do an open water swim for that.