Swim went well for me. I was excited to complete it in under 15 minutes

I am still hanging on the sides of the pool a little bit after the later laps. I want to work on that. Seeing as how I couldn't even swim 2 laps 4 months ago to finish the entire thing front crawl was very exciting!!!

I had a good tranistion. I kept my suit on the only problem was that my pants got stuck a little but other than that very smooth.

Wear shorts instead...it was a tough call 55-60 degrees and very windy

I have a mountain bike that I left my big fat tires on. I think with that and mixed with the strong head wind it slowed me down quite a bit.

I am not quite ready to invest in a new bike yet but thinner tires, new toe clips, and areobars are in the near future. I also would like to get some longer rides in. The longest training ride I did was about 1:15 I would like to get in multiple rides of 1:30 - 2:00 before the next race.

I biked and ran with the same shoes on so that part was easy. I liked doing it because it helped with the transition.

I was so concerned with yelling out my race number (because my body markings were covered by my clothes) that I missed the whole get off bike here tranistion. Luckily one of my good friends yelled get off your bike before it was too late and I got DQ'd. The only real problem in my first set of transitions. I can deal!

The run was good but tough. My legs were exhausted after the windy bike. I did well. Running is my mental block. My goal was not to walk during the entire run and I accomplished that.

I need to build in longer runs to my training. The longest I did was 34 minutes. I would like to build up to atleast 45 minutes after this. Mostly because I now realize that the longer runs are as much about building the metal capacity to finish the race as well as actually doing the running.

Walked around watching and cheering other racers. Stretching both after the race and later at night.


It was my first tri...just getting through was enough!!!


This was a great first tri for me. They allow 400 participants so it is not too big. Plus the deciscion to swim inside was a good one for me. The courses were well marked with lots of volunteers to direct you. Plus considering it was April in Wisconsin the weather while a little misty and wet was fairly decent. I think the high temp ended up being around 60.