Swim was a good effort for a first attempt at open water swiming. Ended up swimming away from the pack but my sighting seemed to be ok so I didn't worry too much about it.

Sight the bouys a little more frequently and probably could have maintained a little better line through the swim. I also probably could have maintained my stroke for a little bit longer before standing up out of the water.

T1 required a 100-200 yard run up a hill to get to the transition area. Moved through the T1 ok for a first time but struggled with the socks and the cycling jersey.

Work on ways to get the socks on better. They were a bit of a challenge with wet feet. The cycling jersey is also a challenge when wet. If the race is wet suit legal I would wear the jersey under the wetsuit.

Rode hard. shifted well and passed many of the riders from the first wave.

I might have throttled back a little during the ride to save some more for the run.

Was pretty tired coming off of the bike and kept it pretty slow to rack in order to catch my breath. Was tired enough to almost forget to take my gloves off.

Make sure that the gloves get off before I leave the bike.

The steep hill to start with was hard on the system and had to walk up the hill. It took about 1 1/2 to 2 miles to get my legs back to normal running.

Maybe save a little bit more for the run. The course was also a half mile longer than briefed which made it a little harder mentally.

The run is turning out to be the biggest liminting factor. Need to work harder at this event after performing the swim and bike events.


This is a low key event that was a great event for a first time triathlete. I would highly recommend this to anyone.