My swim went worse than I ever dreamt of. Between a bad set of nerves from being my first tri, to never getting warmed up, I was never comfortable in the water. I stopped at the Kayaks to get my head together and my shoulders warmed up, which ate up a lot of time.

More practice and a wet suit. I have all winter to get ready for the swim and will have a wet suit next year if the water is ever this cold again. I got my first competitive swim out of the way and I know I will do better next time.

I could easily cut 10 minutes from the swim on my next race.

Transition went well. I was so ready to get out of the water and on my bike you couldn't stop me.

I am still using my mountain biking shoes so they had to be tied.

With a lot of energy left from the bad swim I knew I had to make up time. Years of mountian biking have helped out and I feel I had a really good bike segment. I think I passed about 40 people, but many were women who started 3 minutes after me. I made up a lot of time on the up hills and was able to push it hard on the down hills. No one passed me on the bike which was a positive.

I can use a water bottle that goes between my handle bars. The location of my water bottle is difficult to reach.

Good transition.

not much.

I was a little stiff in the beginning after getting off the bike. After that the run went pretty well. I just about the half way point I passed my neighbor which fulfilled my goal of beating him. No one passed my on the run so I felt good.

Need to stretch out on the last section of the bike to make the start of the run easier. Since I still had some energy left at the end I could have picked up the over all pace.

Burritos


Nerves and lack of wetsuit on the swim.


Should have changed the couse do to the mud. However with all the events in town and the needed permits from the city I'm sure that is a problem.

Practice Swimming, Practice Swimming, Practice Swimming.