Team Member: Brian Duffy

Race Name: West Point Lake

Race Date: 6/13/10

Race Placement/Time/Qualification: 2nd Place 16-19 Boys, 2:30:39

Tell us about your race (limit 500 words)…: Are we sure the race was in Georgia? Because it felt like Africa heat out there.

Personally I had the best start that I had ever had. As soon as I heard the word “GO!” i flew into the water. But it didn’t help that the water was 90 DEGREES!!!!the swim wasn’t bad for me though, I felt like I was moving through the water as fast as I could.

Once I hit that ramp, I sprinted up to my bike for an average transition. Some things did not go as smooth as I had hoped.

I felt tired on the bike though, I don’t know what it was but I did not feel 100 percent. Apparently my bike speed was fast but I knew i could have gone faster than I did.

The run was like running through the Sahara. Going out on the run I felt good, but once I hit the turn around, the heat started to come on. I walked at every water station get as much water and gatorade as I could. The dam was horrible the second time around. i tried to go faster so that I could get over it as fast as posible, but when that hill came, walking felt like heaven. I didn’t walk long but it was all the up the bad part.

I was hoping for one last water station to cool off, but when I came around, all the water was gone. That pissed me off enough to make my last mile split under 6:00. When I came to the finish, the one thing that stuck out to me was Sam running to the finish with his camera above everyone’s heads trying to get a picture.

All in all it was a decent day out on the cource. I’m not to happy about the time, but I am happy that I raced hard and got to make a good empression on some college teams. 2:30:00 isn’t too bad for running in heat that could make you melt your face off.