My 1st Sprint

I competed in my first sprint triathlon yesterday.  I basically had a goal to finish but of course I had some rough times in my head which I beat overall!
I finished 9th/16 in my age group and 179/322 overall.  My overall time was 1:27:42
That overall time actually blew me away.  I never thought that I would come in under 1:30 for my first!
I had a hard time on the swim...I started out too fast and had a hard time catching my breath for the rest of the time but finished in 16min which included a decent run up a sand dune to T1.

My run time was awesome for me.  I did just a 5k run this summer and my tri split time beat that! (26 min).  I finished in the top 1/3 overall which was good saying it was approaching 90 with high humidity by the time we started the run...and no breeze!

I feel disappointed by my bike time.  I finished in 40 min and averaged 18.15mph but 3/4 of the racers beat me!  I don't think that I went out quite hard enough since it was my first race and I am not usually a good runner.  I was thinking though beforehand that averaging 18-20mph would be good but apparently this was a fast bike course.

The overall winner finished in 1 hour!

But overall I had fun and I am hooked.  I am signed up for the Chicago Tri in 2 weeks.  I am glad I did this one to get a feel since 8000 participants in Chicago may feel a bit overwhelming :-)