Accenture Chicago Race Results

Official results for this Olympic distance race can be found here.

• Swim: 34:00 (last year: 41:26)
• T1: 3:00 (last year 4:17)
• Bike 1:06:23 @ 22.9 MPH (last year: 1:15:22 @ 19.7 MPH)
• T2: 2:02 (last year: 2:55)
• Run: 49:31 @ 7:59 pace (last year: 54:48 @ 8:50 pace)
• Total time: 2:34:56 (last year: 2:58:51)
• Overall place: 332/3632 (last year: 1628/3426)
• Gender: 306/2497 (last year: NA)
• Age group: 11/113 (last year: 68/156)
• Swim place: 1296/3632 (last year: 2542/3426)
• Bike place: 144/3632 (last year: 906/3426)
• Run Place: 426/3632 (last year: 1786/3426)

Unlike last year's cool and windy conditions, today was gorgeous, with mild temperatures, light winds and low humidity. Lake Michigan was as smooth as it ever gets for the swim. Lake Shore drive still has speed bumps the size of small mountains. But I had a pretty solid race. I didn't hit my 2:30 goal, but I knocked off a hell of a lot of time compared to last year, had a blast and finished vertically. Can't ask for much more than that.

Continued thanks go to Karyn for her outstanding training and coaching. I'm gettin there, Karyn! Keep kicking me!

More later (after a long nap.)