Scared to death to start and throughout course. Almost drowned and wanted to quit until after first bouy. Rolled on side to breathe so I wouldn't enhale water. Exhausted and disoriented after race.

More practice in open water. Fine tune technique to use much less energy. eat more before race

way too long. Swim left me disoriented and I lost complete focus on what I needed to do.

Practice, eat/drink on bike. Run to bike and out of transition area.

Gel shot at transition

Practice shifting and drinking in motion. Improve technique to gain more power and use less energy. Use clips.

Started gel shot finished half way through run.

Practice transitioning. Eat/drink on run not at trans area.

Exhausted and very hot. Starting race so late made the course even hotter. Sprinted into finish. Need to practice running on hills and interval training.

Replenish more prior to race. Pick up the pace.

Lack of sleep for the 3 nights leading up to the race. Stress due to numerous motor home repairs. Needed to eat and drink much more morning of race. Race starting 1 hour late. Fear of swim distance and lack of motivation to race by the time wave started.


Lots of effort to get to race. Only saw Keri for a few minutes before and after. Would like to enter next year to actually make my original goal of 1:35 or better, but getting to race was a huge expense and very exhausting. Should not have given myself any expectations of finishing time especially since I hadn't seen the course. Race was more of a headache than a thrill and I was just glad to get it over with.
2nd Tri I completed, working toward goal of 3 this year.