Whew. I feel better. I was out riding and watching the clock and kept asking myself how it was possible their race times were SO much faster than I was going.

I'll definetly be doing interval training. Thanks for the advice. I'd like to ride faster for my Sat. group rides and training for this tri will be my ticket.

I do like my drops when I have the wind on my back and I'm flying home. My normal route has a headwind the first half so I try to really push there to strength my legs.

I'm not worried about my time overall. I'll be just be glad to actually finish, but I'm an awful runner so I know I need a decent swim/bike time so when I crawl in on the run I will have a little padding on my time.