St. Peters Rec-Plex Spring Triathlon - Triathlon

First 150 went well. Didn't quite understand the way the laps were done and got tripped up. Made me swallow a TON of water and needed to breaststroke for the next 150m. Lost a couple of minutes here. At least I go through it.

Ask more questions about the way the lanes are structured.

I was very pleased with my bike. Course was changed 3 times in the previous week because of flooding. The rain that started in the middle of the course was difficult to deal with. That last hill was NASTY!!!!!!

Nothing much to do differently except make sure you don't miss the second turnaround and add 3-4 miles on the Course!!!!!

Decent run. Legs felt very stiff and heavy for the first mile and a half. Once through that, everything went much better. I can't complain about this performance. I am definitely NOT a runner. Pacing is something that I have been working on and it's actually helped TREMENDOUSLY

Stretched and kissed my son (He was waiting right at the finish line). It was Father's Day after all. Walked around and looked at the live results.


The changes to the course along with just the nervousness of it being my first ever triathlon. I can't complain. I did miss my goal of being under 2 hours, but I learned a lot and will definitely be better in the next race.


Having one volunteer at the second turnaround on the bike would have been a HUGE help. I wasn't the only competitor that missed it and added 4 miles to the ride. Great race for a first triathlon and probably one to keep doing just to see how I improve.