besides glowing when i got out of the hudson, the swim was short. started getting nervous 5 mins into the swim, and sang Dio's Holy Diver to myself and calmed right down. nothing like a little metal music to help you through a race!! i will have to remember that mental trick.

practice sighting a little more. try to learn how to draft.

i ran with my shoes bc T1 was carpeted and there was a slight downhill with a sharp uphill to get onto the road proper. was a great idea bc no one raced until after the uphill and i was already clipped in.

maybe put helmet on when getting wetsuit off.

felt good on the bike. got tired the last few miles, butt got sore towards the end, stayed in aero postion up the hills with no problems.

i eased up on the pressure too early from the end of the bike.

i took it slow in T2, kneeled down to put my shoes on to stretch my hammies, walked out of T2 and it really helped start the run w/o feeling too stiff.

unstrap helmet before racking the bike on the run in.

i stopped at 4 out of the 5 water stations to give my legs a break. i was really slow on the run.

work on cadence and moving feet faster. would like to avg. 8/mile instead of 8:51/mi

the best yet. i walked through central park back to the hotel at 46th st pushing the double jogging stroller. also stretched immediately after race.


run experience, race distance experience.


this race was run extremly well. didn't lack for anything except a good goodie bag.