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This past weekend I decide to sign up for 2 races. Tri 4 Fun on Saturday in Pleasanton and Silicon Valley Tri on Sunday in San Jose.

I always thought it would be fun to race Tri 4 Fun again. It was the race that started it all. 4 years ago when I race it, I had no idea what I was doing. I riding my heavy mountain bike with no water bottle or gel. Saturday was a different ball game. I came to see how fast I could go with all the training and experience I've gained the last couple years. After a rough swim, a fast bike, and a pretty hilly run, I finished in 1:04. Not a bad start to the weekend.

Sunday I woke up around 4:30am and drove myself down to Almaden Lake in San Jose. I racked my bike and went over to registration to pick up my race number. They had 1 person working the registration! It took me 45mins to pick up my number. By this time I only had 15 mins to get body marked and my transition area ready before my swim wave. It was not a great way to start a race. Quickly got my stuff together, body marked, wetsuit on, and totally forgot to put sun block on. Ran down to the swim start a couple minutes before the 7:00am start. Did a little warm up, and stood there for another 20mins. WTF?! Apparently the race organizers failed to mention the start times were pushed back 20mins due to the Pro Challenge. Great... I hurried for nothing! After the Elite Wave, it was time to go.

The swim was pretty uneventful. But I could definitely feel my fatigue body from the previous day's race. Out of the water and onto the bike. Once on the bike I was immediately greeted with a head wind. uhh.. This is gonna suck. With a head wind my mph on the bike drops about 3-4 mph. And with tired legs, it was definitely not looking to be a good ride. Came back into transition, changed out of my bike shoe into my run shoe and off to the run course. I looked at my watch and realized that I could potentially PR this race, so I gave it my all. But lady luck was not on my side today. The race organizers had a last minute run route change and screwed up the distance on the run course. What was suppose to be a 6.2 mile run turned into a 7+ mile run. Finished the race in 2:47 with an extra mile on the run. I'll take it, knowing that I would have PRed if the run was actually what it's suppose to be.

Overall I was very disappointed with the way this year's race was organized.