Bribie Tri - Race 4

Race Report
It had been a 'full on' week of training, following my program to the letter. I was feeling positive and confident about Sunday.
Stayed at Bribie overnight and having picked up my timing band on Saturday had little fuss this morning.
Alarm was blurting at 5.15am, downed the usual pre race sports drink for breakfast and headed of to the start venue at about 5.50am. Headed over to the numbering area...got branded...covered in 'nikko' then into transition to get organised. This part of the racing is getting easier as I become more experienced and organised. Its amazing what you learn just observing others setting up in transition.
At about 7.10am headed down to the 'short' race start to cheer on some fellow squad members. Once they were on their way we continued our walk to the entry point for our swim start. The 750m swim start is situated adjacent to rocks along the shore line so entering at this point is quite dangerous. The entry point was at the 1000m mark for the longer races, which meant you had to swim up to the start...which wasn't that taxing as there was quite a strong tidal sweep running in the direction of the swim...good swim times to look forward to.
At about 7.45am the 35-39 wave began with much comradery. The positioning at the start was particularly important as not to miss the first buoy due to the tidal sweep. I felt good throughout the swim, the normal fatigue feeling I get in my arms in the first 200-300m did not seem as prominate. A positive which has come from the regular swimming squad training. I completed the swim in approx. 0:07:53.0...not bad for 750m....;-). Into transition (0:02:41.0) something I was hoping to improve upon...obviously needs a little more work. Then onto the bike and 3 laps. Conditions were relatively good with a little head wind in parts. The average speed for the bike was approx. 35.2km/h with a time of 0:33:52.0. Again through transition (0:01:05) and out onto the run. This is the first run in a number of weeks where I haven't been hampered by the calf injury. By this time the sun was beating down and the breeze that there was had just about disappeared...it was heating up. The calf held up over the 5km and maintained a 4:14min pace and completed the run leg in 0:21:09.0...a good outcome.
The overall time was 1:06:38...this was a PB for this distance at Bribie.