I am a terrible swimmer. I thought I could do a modified crawl (no face in the water) because I had practiced it in the ocean. But I had not accounted for the lack of bouoyancy in the lake water. I felt a little panicked by the lake water. I did crawl, backstroke and side stroke. I got very offcourse while doing the backstroke. But I did it!

learn to swim

They didn't provide separate timing for events or transitions. I am estimating it took about 3 minutes but I could be way off.

I hit 44.4mph as my max speed! This was a very hilly course. At one point we came screaming down a hill, had to stop to cross an unpaved section of road work then go up another hill on the other side. That was a killer.

My computer stopped working at mile 20.

I just got my new bike a few days before the event, so I hadn't ridden it over 10 miles. At about mile 12, my back started to cramp. I needed more time in the saddle to learn about road bikes.

I didn't expect it to be such a hilly run. It seemed like all hills! I was tired and didn't have it in me to sprint at the end.

More hill training, longer runs. My longest run to date was 6 miles, and this race was 6.6. Because I had never run so far, I held back a little on the run, but I don't think I could have held a much faster pace.

dunked in the lake.


training.


This is only my second triathlon, so I really cannot compare to much else. It was fun, but very hard.