I felt great during the swim - I surprised myself on my pace - I have never been able to maintain a 2:00/100 yard pace for this distance. Must have been the adrenaline.

I was shadowing Patrick for this tri, so I waited for him to finish. Therefore there was no rush on my part.

I would like to have shorts that I can use for the swim and then the bike/run, innstead of changing out of swim trunks and into bike shorts. Otherwise, I felt like I had everything set up pretty well.

#@!*&$ FLAT! with 1.5 miles to go, I got a flat that took 15 minutes to change. I had been shadowing Patrick on the bike ride and we were averaging about 13-14mph...Patrick kept on going and I never caught up with him again.

I had all the tools needed to fix the flat, but I could have had better tire removal tools. I also think I need to pracice taking off and putting back on my rear tire!

I kept my cycling shoes on and then sat down to change my shoes. It probably took longer, but it worked for me.

I'll practice transition times before my June race

Mile 1 - 9:30 (I think it was a long mile - I felt like I was doing 8:30-9:00 pace... after that I averaged better than 7:30. I know I was going fast, but i again surprised myself on my pace. I felt very strong at the end of the race. i brought my water bottle with me during the run

nothing

I did not have a goal for this tri, other than to shadow Patrick. I was very pleased with my swim time and because of the flat, the silver lining was that it allowed to push on the run, which yielded a very good time. Bike portion was great up until the flat.