Well, the start was just like Ive heard in countless race reports: a washing machine of arms and legs. I probably should have started more in the back since I was climbed over multiple times. I would have done better if I had practiced more open water swims. I got my goggles kicked off at one point, but I don't think it took too much time to get them back on. The water was great, but I do tend to panic when I have limited visibility, and in this case it was especially bad. The water was cloudy and we were swimming into the sun, so fun times. I think the only thing that slowed me down was getting some gas in my stomach in the first part. I felt like I had to throw up so did the back stroke for a while until I burped Definitely felt better after that, and continued with freestyle. Bilateral breathing was impossible, but I did my best. Probably lost 1-2 minutes MAX due to inexperience. I was able to draft on a lot of feet, so it might have made up for it.

Practice more OWS and get used to my surroundings

Run up a short hill to transition. Look a second to get my land legs back, but it wasn't too bad. Wetsuit was trouble getting off, and got stuck on the timing chip. Wwtsuit difficulty probably cost me a good 20 seconds or so. Note to self: BUY BODY GLIDE!!!

Body glide

This could have not gone better. The course was very nice and I could not have asked for a better performance. Played leapfrog with a pro girl for a while.



Focus a little better, I was distracted by all the beautiful bikes :)

Flying dismount: success! Next I need to master the flying mount.

Jelly legs wasnt that bad

Go faster

I knew that I wasn't going to have an amazing time, running is my weakest link, so I did not expect much. Got passed by a lot of people, and if I would have been more run focused in my training, I would have finished a good 5 minutes faster.

Not much, just log in some more run miles

Nothing really, walked around


In a way, it just felt like a long workout. With a lot of other people working out as well. Now I know what I need to focus on more to get better.

I was expecting tears and crying "OMG I finally finished my first tri" but I didnt get that. There was more of a surreality of it all. I cried on my last race because it was just so mentally exhausting, and I was in a lot of pain, but that was not the case here. I was mentally ready for it, physically ready (no IT issues at all, wonderful!) and justw anted to have a good time. I wanted to finish in under 1.5 hrs, so I was very satisfied that i came in at 1:20.

Finally, after almost a year or working and training, I am a triathlete! Now is where the real fun starts :)