Tempe International Triathlon - Olympic Distance - TriathlonOlympic

First race ever where I did not have the adult floaty of my suit. I was pleased that even if the swim was slower, that i had no trouble.

Perhaps I should have trained and not gotten so large.

Spent too much time putting on bike gloves.

Wish all the cutt grass was not on my feet for this transition, my bike shoe inserts must have had a fold in them as I felt the shoes for the first loop.

Spent too much time getting up the short hills with my extra weight.

Need some time in the saddle before I race again.

Spent too much time getting socks on my feet and just becoming aware of the outside temps.

Would be nice to run without socks, but I ma not to theat level at this time.

I have not trained so I was not acclimated to a 100 degree run yet. Just no mojo to do anything but finish so walked about 5 of the miles.

Train and lose the extra poundage.

Racking up gear.


Weight, motivation, lack of training, heat.


Most issues with this race are self imposed. I chose to do little to no training and eat way to much since Ironman of 2008.