The race took place at 9000ft+ in elevation, which usually helps me, but not today. I rode alone on the great bike course and then ran reasonably fast. Due to an earlier foot injury this year, I couldn't run full speed, and I ended up taking 3rd by someone I never knew was near me (shame on me for not realizing this with the time trial start).
Now I have Xterra Aspen coming up this Saturday, with my old training partner who now lives in Spain, Ruben. We were always pretty equal in triathlons, but he didn't MTB. Recently, he's gotten into downhill mountain biking, so his skills have seriously improved. He's also won a couple of Xterras as well. It is going to be an interesting race.
So... I've been sick for a week now, and I'm finally feeling better (last night's Master's meet helped) Hopefully my fitness hasn't' degraded too much.
I don't have photos from the last Xterra, but here we are swimming at the master's meet:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkMTdv0_tES3MCSlTS49vrf8laMQ2r-gy
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