I was actually out of the water at 39m, but was slow to the timing mat b/c of walking and getting my arms out of my wetsuit! The only thing I didn't do well was was staying close to the buoys, so I swam a bit more than I should have....but I had no traffic. :) The chop caused some problems on 1/2 of the swim, but nothing too bad.

Stay closer to the buoys. I've decided that swimming is my strength, and I need to take advantage of it (even if it's only the smallest part of a tri!).

Had trouble getting my suit off...the sleeves!! ugh. Got it stripped off after that. The rest went ok.

My Powerbars melted together in my Bento Box (even though it wasn't hot) and that was a pain! Bike is my weakness. I had to pee like a race horse during the whole bike, but all of the sporadic port o' lets on the course had people (and no, I will not pee on the bike :)

Not cut the Powerbars!

Had to unbag everything and then back everything...kind of pain, but everyone had to do it. I found my stuff easily and really had no issues. Just a bit of run to my bike and then out. I was glad to be of the bike so I could pee! :)

Nothing.

So I passed some people who passed me on the bike. :) My logic was to pace myself for the first lap, or 6.5'ish miles. I finally got to "go" within the first 2 miles, and I swear, that killed at least 2 minutes!!! UGH! Very full bladder. I got behind a runner who was running at a perfect pace for me. My Garmin was registering about 8:48 per minute and that was ok....not killing myself, but below 9. I was taking Coke or Gatorade and orange slices at each station. My "pacer" dropped her snacks in a baggie at mile 6, and I grabbed it for her. I caught her and gave it to her, and she said 'oh, thanks!', as she didn't know she dropped it, and after that, I passed her and moved on. After the first loop, I picked it up a bit as I was feeling good. I thought I was drinking too much, so I only grabbed an orange slice for the next few miles. At mile 10, I was still feeling good, and tried to pick it up a bit more. I skipped the last few aid stations, and I felt bad as they were all so eager to offer me help (and calling my name as it's on my bib)!! Props to the volunteers! I finally saw my Garmin say 13 mlles, and while I couldn't see the finish line, I knew it was close and began to tempo run, passing a few, and smiling the whole way. It was a great day to be alive!!!!!

NOTHING.

Stretched a bit. Looke for a friend who should have finished around me. Didn't see her.....wandered to find my bags and some food.


Genetics. Age. :D


This 70.3--its first year--was awesome. It was just a great experience and the city of Boise was great. My goal was 6 hrs, and I beat that. The whole experience went well. No complaints!