Capital of Texas Triathlon - Olympic Distance - TriathlonOlympic

My swim felt pretty good but again being my first tri I didnt want to push it too hard. I never got a good draft off anyone but felt I did pretty good with my sighting.

I think I could have gone a little harder on the swim but I was pretty happy with this time.

I put socks on since I havent trained without them but overall I think this transition went well, it was just a pretty long run with the bike and I ran in my bike shoes as I havent yet practiced with my shoes already clipped in.

Biking is my weakest or should I say best area of improvement. I really need to get a tri bike as I have an old Trek Road bike that I put aerobars on but its not doing the trick and I really dont feel comfortable on it.

Train more, get more time in the saddle, get new bike

Went pretty well.

This run kicked my butt. Going into this race I thought the run was my strongest leg as in my training I've been averaging around 7:15 min miles, even during Bricks.

However, I never got into a good groove. I had a GU on the bike just before the transition and it didnt sit well during the beginning of the run. The other problem was the heat, by the time I started runnin it was really hot out and I had no heat training so it killed me. It was really one of the hardest things I've ever done and I got discouraged but ultimately I did finish but was way slower than I was expecting.

Given this was my first triathlon, I was excited. Hopefully I will improve but the run really hurt me and my confidence. I think I might try a sprint next.