Minnesota State Fairgrounds
St. Paul, MN
Race Date: June 9, 2009
Cat 5 race number 5 for me.
Cloudy night, and a chance of rain, but it was still dry for our race.
Lined up right on time. The field filled with pre-registration, so we had 50 lined up.
Again, had a bad clip in, but got in and stayed in the pack.
Snapshot of the field going through turn 3 after the zig-zag right after the start.
The field held together for the majority of the race, until the last few laps when the pace picked up a little, then a few off the back and we started to lap a few stragglers. Very uneventful, even for the primes. I never really put myself in a good position to contend for any primes, but felt very comfortable sticking where I was at in the pack. I stayed right in the top 10 to 20 for the whole race.
The only notable event happened on the last bell lap signaling last lap. There's a few hundred feet after the line before turn 1, which is a zig-zag right-left turn.
At the bell, everyone stood to get to the front, and we went about 10 wide through the zig, then the left side inevitably scrunched, and about 4 guys went down on the inside of the zag. I was more to the right, so it didn't affect me much, and the others in the middle didn't really swerve or brake, to my surprise, so we didn't lose our pace.
We held a steady pace through the lap, then at the final turn, everyone stood to sprint, as the leader was only about 10 lengths ahead of the group of about 30.
I held low and just spun my way through the middle. Clinched 13th, but could have probably got a top ten had I stood a little earlier. It was a very fun and fast finish.
I didn't meet either of my goals set from the week prior, but did do much better, so that's a positive in my book.
Next post will be the race report from the Fairmont Triathlon, five days after this race.
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