Even though the time and rank are unimpressive, this was a gigantic victory for me. For the first time ever, I completed an open-water swim without panicking. I can always build swim endurance and improve technique, but none of that matters if you can't get out of your head. Today, I got out of my head. Victory!

I just need to do this more. I also felt very dizzy coming out of the water, and almost fell over a couple of times. ??

This sucked. As it turns out, having to pause for dry heaves doesn't really do much for your transition time. I probably lost a good 2-3 minutes because of it. Alas!

Not vomit. Oh, and get some genuine triathlon bike shoes and learn how to do the put-your-shoes-on-while-riding thing. Another day.

One of the benefits of being in the newbie wave is that I don't get passed on the bike. Again today! Still, I need to spend more time riding and get stronger. Stronger.

Train more. Do more hills. Be less of a dork.

Much better than T1, but still fairly slow. Need to work on the 4th discipline, apparently.

See above.

After the hard (for me) swim, and feeling dizzy and nauseated after the swim,I didn't feel like I could push as hard as I otherwise might have.

With any luck, as my swim improves I won't feel so spent for the last two legs. Let's see next year.

Some stretching and a very aggressive massage. Dude got to the hot spot on my right hamstring, but almost reduced me to tears. In retrospect, I wouldn't have waited in the chow line, but would have taken off earlier and eaten on my own.


Lack of training. I guess I wasn't really convinced I was going to continue being a triathlete, so I didn't really swim or bike as much as I need to. That'll change for the spring season, though.