Got kicked, grabbed, bumped, etc. It was all good. NBD Wading in on the rocks hurts the feet, but once you're in it's go time.

I need to work on sighting/navigating better. Even though I was spotting the buoys fine, when I'd drop down and just swim with my head down I was pulling to the right. When practicing with eyes closed at the YMCA I pulled left....oh well.

I don't clip in. I had the shoes on before running with the bike. Used tri-shorts so nothing needed to hop right on the bike.

Nothing. I was happy with my transition given my current equipment.

Once I got going I was fine. I pulled a >14 mph pace which is great for me.

Nothing. Except for a leg cramp I was happy with the bike. This being my first real tri I guess I could have left one of my Gatorade bottles to save weight and grabbed one at the bottle spot.

It probably helped that my rack-mates were all finished before me so I had lots of space, not that I was squeezed in too tight.

Again, I was happy with my transitions. They were middle of the pack compared to my racing portions.

Ice under the hat was great. You pass the ice station 4 times.

I should have been better at the run since that's my best of the 3 sports. I think it comes down to conditioning. I need to do more long rides with run bricks.

Ice towel; static stretching; continuous walking


Swim: better navigating on the course
Bike: More intervals to increase my speed. I think my bike has more speed in it.
Run: conditioning, not of the run individually but along with a long ride to keep the heart rate up for longer periods of time.


This was a great race for my first REAL tri. So why did I rate it high? It seemed great to me and I heard multiple people talking about how great this was compared to other races.