started off good but I didn't keep my stroke rate where I wanted it. as my stroke rate went up my speed went down. the first 300 meters was ok but the 2nd was to slow. I passed one person 10 yards into the swim but i only beat them by about 5 seconds by the end of the swim. I should have stuck behind them and drafted the whole way

keep my stroke rate in check and try and keep my speed up in the 2nd half of the swim. used the draft better

I was 3 seconds slower then the fastest T1 and i put socks on. I could have been even faster. next race i'm going to try and race sockless

sockless next race

there was about 30 seconds of running time before you could mount your bike but after T1

get into my peddles better. and put out a bit harder on the bike

shoes were hard to put on I lost about 5 seconds there

Have better shoes. I will for next race

the hill was right at the start. I was passing a lot of people from the races that started before me. I slowed down to much the first time going up the hill. on the way down i didn't get into a good stride till the 2nd time around. my last lap split was much faster then my first lap. I should spin up a bit more on the bike to get my legs going

attack the first hill harder and bump my pace up sooner

lay on the ground


training and lack of experience


I had a good time. The people that were in the race were great. all the staff and people helping out were great to. The only thing I think was missing was they didn't give out anything for age group top 3. they just did overall top 3. I don't think it would cost to much to get some ribbons? and it would make it a lot more fun at the end for more people. I know this was a smaller race but they did it in the other small race i was in and it was a lot of fun!