Novice or AG Wave

Race novice.  There always seems to be this hurry, in triathlon, to move up in level or distance before one can say they are actually even accomplished at the level they're at.  Don't be in a hurry......make slow and steady progress for the best results and less chance of injury.  Enjoy the ride and be patient.

Originally posted by Trine

Originally posted by nc452010 The fact that you're concerned about your result tells me you should race AG.

I'm not really concerned as I'm still too new at this to place - it's going to take some serious work to get that far, but I'm up for the challenge LB - kind of what I was thinking too. Didn't know if there was some kind of important piece of info I was missing.

To me, the only important piece is that you should look at your training and racing as a long term commitment if you want to truly enjoy the lifestyle.  This sport is littered with flame outs. Don't be in a hurry to "move up" in level or distance.  Train steady.  Race smart.

Novice sounds fine. You're still getting used to a new stroke and will have a bunch of others around in a similar situation. From what I've seen, it's largely about the swim with this category. Easing people's fears of the water.

Since it's a smaller race, they may let you switch later on too, if you think things are going really well. A local type one even let me switch categories after they released the swim wave order.