Forgot about the mental aspect!

So I had the Barrie tri today and was placed in a new age category: 25-34. I finished 7 / 21...a new personal best. I also had the 3rd fastest bike time for that age category, which I wa extremely pleased with! My bike was smooth and fast as I passed many people, and never really got passed by anyone. So, that was great! My swim was a smorgasbord of distraction! I was all over the place like a drunk at the end of the night trying to convince people that he's sober! Basically, I zig zagged EVERYWHERE and more or less did the swim twice when looking at how far I swam.

In the end, I finished 61st overall, 7th in my age category, and had a good time despite the torrential downpour that was the bike ride and the lightening display that was the run. I'm happy, but also frustrated because if this was last year, I would have finished 36th...25 spots ahead of where I finished. Seems to be a common trend. Every race I've had times that would have been 25 places higher from last year. Oh well, a year late meh! Not bad for a noob!

As for the mental aspect, I was NOT prepared to race today. I was pretty chill this morning leading up to the race. I never really put any thought to it and never really thought about the mountain that I was facing. Basically, I took it too easy and I need to realize that despite the length or difficulty of the bike or ride, a swim is a swim...water is water, and if you're not prepared, you're effed!!!