The last few weeks my training has gone raipidly bad. My whole right leg has been inflammed. Luckily with with alot of Trigger Point, less intense workouts and pelvis strengthing I was able to do the race. I tested out my leg with a 10.5 mile TT with Helios in Ofallon IL. I havnt raced in a year and a half so this race was a fitness test for me. Goal times: Run 1-16-17 min, Bike 40-45 min, Run 2-16-17 min 
Run 1- Mass start, I was on the wrong side of the line, started out easy and was trapped in the group for the first 1/2 mile, finally was able to get out of the pack. The run was very wet, luckily I had the new K-Swiss racing flats on. They worked incredable. I was surprised by the run coarse being 1/2 off road. I slowed myself down on the run so I had some juice left for the second run. Came into transition in 16:43 (6:42 per mile). 22nd place.
Transition 1- Nothing special here, took off shoes, put helmet on and took off running. I set up my bike with bike shoes rubber banded to the bike. 0:31 sec
Bike- 2 lap bike coarse with nice rolling hills. I rode my new Cervelo P1. Was able to stay in the aero bars the whole time. The night before the race I droped by bars down to 16cm of drop. I avg 250 watts for the coarse. The rolling hills were very nice I enjoy the uphill and downhills. It was hard to push alot of watts with all the down hill. A few riders were jumping in front of me on the downhills then I passed them on the uphills. Came into transition in 42:24, 21.1 mph. Overall happy with the ride and the bike set up. It was a good test of the bike.
T2-0:55, need to get faster on this one. Not used to the k-swiss shoes yet.
Run 2: Run started out with a short grass downhill. Came out of transition in 6th place even though I didnt know it yet. A few of us came into transition at the same time so I wanted to get a good distance on them. Legs felt good coming into the first mile of the run. Avg. pace was between 1:37-1:42 per quarter mile. The last quarter mile(uphill) 7th place came past me, so I jumped behind them then pulled even with him. With 200m to go I past him and came into the finishing chute in 16:56 (6:47 per mile).
Overall time: 1:17:29, 6th overall 3rd in age group. For having not trained well the few weeks prior I am excited about this race. I was having a hard time with people passing me in the last part of the race, when I was able to pass him and keep my place was the highlight of the race for me. I was unhappy about the way they had the results. It should be top 3 overall and then top 3 in age group, not both. Lessons learned, 1st if you are in a race that takes a hour or two; you probably do not need to wear compression socks to race! 2nd a coarse that is half off road and it just rained alot the day before, wearing newton trainers are probably not the best thing to run in. K-swiss racing flats were great in these conditions. Even though I ran through everything that came in my way, my feet didnt “feel” wet. They felt light and snappy. White isnt a good color though. I came in 6th overall. I am pretty excited about the finish. Havnt raced in a while so this was a good ending for me. 