The swim I was fairly happy with. My shoulders got tired at the end from the resistance of the wetsuit. But overall fairly pleased. Went out fairly good and was pretty slow on the way back.

Nothing really, just need to work on sighting.

This was a 100 yard run to the transition which took 2.09 and the rest of the transition to 3.59. This was really poor and was a reason why I came in short of my overall time goal. I couldn't get the wetsuit over my the time chip on my left ankle.

Find out if I can take the damn chip thing off when changing.

Best leg of the tri and still pretty weak. The hills shocked me pretty good, but all in all it was the only leg that I stayed under control on. Kept my heart rate down and just concentrated on pacing. Passed about as many as passed me, unfortunately I was passing mountain bikers and anyone with a tri-bike passed me like I was standing still.

Nothing race wise, just need to train a lot more on the bike and become stronger.

Average transition

Buy speed laces

Tanked bad. Started out ok, but pacing was terrible and went out too hard. Need to learn to pace myself. This was by far the weak link of the tri. I felt awful. Not sure how hot it was, but I was overheating pretty good. Probably didn't drink enough prerace and on the bike.

Train train train

The predominant factor was that I had only done base training. Other factors were a complete lack of preparation, no sleep, getting to the race late, forgetting my helmet, not warming up. All in all it was a learning lesson.