First timer hammered by adrenaline

I read your race post.  Awesome time for your first "sprint"!  That race has a longer swim than the typical sprint, which is now 400 meters.

Also, great job swimming without a wetsuit in the ocean on your first tri!  I am heading into my third, and the ONLY way that I would swim in open water, especially the ocean, is with a wetsuit and a personal escort.

 Congrats!

Thanks for all the positive feedback.  I've posted my times in the race report - bike was clearly my strongest event - I thought swimming would be. 

Yeah, I might just be hooked - it was blast.  Once I got over my fears of the unknowns (and my wife's comments about my "unitard" - it's a tri-suit sweetheart) and finishing the race, I really can't wait to work toward the next one.

Awesome job!  I had the most fun in my first swim, but my wife said I looked miserable coming out of the water - just takes a sec for the big boys to get their bearings.   One thought on reading your comment here (although you did not say much about this in your race report): if you were "fighting through the chest high waves" you stood too soon - you can ride those waves and can actually swim really until your hands are brushing sand.  It takes practice in the waves, but you can be far more efficient, and pass people, by body surfing into the knee high water.  Sounds like with the lessons learned you will do great in your next one

I'm nervous about the whole wet suit thing.  Can't imagine they make one that would fit me comfortably - not to mention one that I could get on and off easily.  It seems to meoit would slow me down by restricting my swimming motion and the T1 time.  Why do so many Triathletes use them?  Not to mention one more thing to buy and maintain, just doesn't make sense to me.