first tri this weekend

Good luck, Sparky and have a great time! Be sure to give us a report!

Thanks. The post race report will be up on Monday.

Any tips for T1? It is the only element that I haven't practiced.

Welcome to the board...trust the first tri went well!  Good luck with your continued training!

How'd it go?

Wishing you a  great first tri!!   let us know how you did.

Thanks for the words of encouragement. I did it! I was feeling under the weather, up much of the night with a very dry cough, and had (uh) female issues which made race day less pleasant then it could have been. But I did it. Transitions were painfully slow and I used them for a little recovery between events and bathroom breaks. Biking was far less than my normal capacity. My breathing was pretty shallow because of my cold and I had to use my asthma inhaler a couple of times on the bike and run. I felt pretty good throughout the tri considering the cold because I was taking it really easy. I was just pleased that I finished 345/390. http://www.lmsports.com/osprey05.htm

I did the event with a friend and he feels I sorely underhydrated and did not take in enough calories. Something to consider for my next event.

It was really great! As you can see from my other post my health was less than optimum, but the race experience was great. The people were really nice, the volunteers were awesome, and we had incredible weather.

I had a few opportunities to practice T2 and I was prepared for lead legs. I will practice the transiitions more before I tri again.

congratulations. I too just participated in my first Tri this past w/e. finished 239 out of appox 500. my goal was to finish, hopefully under 3hr. I finished at 2:27. 660m swim, 18.6 mile bike, and 4.5 mile run. Ko'Olina Tri in Hawaii. Great experience and the BT has been a great tool for Blogging and learning. Keep up the good work.

TwinsDaddy

Congratulations. Sounds like a good race. Friends of a friend participated in that race and had a great time.

actually i did better than i thought. race results postings show i finished overall 211 / 324 in 2:10:42.7. I hadn't taken into account that my age group 40-44 started 17 minutes after the first elite wave start........so the clock at the finish line showing 2:27:42 included my 17 minute wait to start...... My first event, so I'm still LEARNING. Aloha and Mahalo for the reply,

TwinsDaddy