I felt pretty good for my first race, but I need to shave at least 2 minutes off my time to be competitive in a tri. I can't really imagine running any faster after biking and swimming though.

I started out way too fast. I maintained my starting pace through mile 2 but then ran out of gas and at least 20 runners passed me in the last mile because I just ran out of juice.

I walked around City Market for about 15 minutes.


My lack of race training. I can run a 5K on the treadmill at the gym with no problem and then have enough left for a 45 minute weight workout but I had not done enough race-pace training to be prepared for this.


As this was my first race and I went by myself, it was a little overwhelming and, being the type that likes to be completely aware of where I am and where I am supposed to be, I got a little frustrated. Overall, though, I learned a lot and will be much better prepared for the next race.