This was a time trail start with 1 second between each participant. We had to self seed at the starting line based on how fast we thought we would swim. I started about 25-30 people back for a few reasons, not knowing the course well, my first open water swim in 7 years and because I had not swam since my last tri in June. To start, I waded into the water then dove when I was deep enough, we had to go around the first bouy on the right, which I accomplished, but due to the current many others were not able to; then we had to stay inside of the remaining 3 bouys. The swim went fast and I only ran into shallow water once where I had to push off into a deeper section.

Better sighting next time. My goggles fogged up and I had to do a few breaststroke pulls towards the end to make sure I was on the right path.

I wore my swim suit again and had to pull on bike shorts and a shirt. I made sure to lay them out so that I could just pull them on this time. I did not wear my fitbit this race, so this decreased my T1 time slightly.

Overall, faster than last race, but I would need to get a trisuit to decrease the time significantly.

This was a very flat bike course, which I think was slightly shorter than 14.5. The first few miles and last few miles were in a protected lane and then we joined with traffic for the middle section. My bike leg felt fast on this course.

I need to get better at drinking my water without losing a bunch of speed and momentum.

The run felt a lot better this time. I went a little slower off of the bike and I did not get any cramps. With about a mile left in the course, I sped up my pace, which felt good, but I still got crazy nauseous and ended up being sick after I finished the race :(

Overall, the run was great, I just need to figure out what is causing me to be nauseous.

light walking and stretching


I thought that this was a very well run race. I was able to print out my splits and time minutes after finishing the race, which I thought was really awesome. There were no finisher awards, but I got a running hat for winning my age group. My only concern about the entire race was that the transition area was not "secure", anyone can really walk in and out without anyone second guessing. It was not an issue, but I would be a little nervous about that if I had a really expensive bike and/or equipment.