There was a lot of bad placement this year in terms of pacing. I was passed once or twice and had an awful time trying to get past a few people that were really too slow for their position. In particular, I fought to get around a guy who was taking over the entire lane in both directions! Nonetheless, I still managed to pull off my best swim yet. Guess I underestimated myself!

I'd been practicing once a week. I need to up that to twice at least. Also, I need to get to where I do the whole thing in crawl instead of alternating with breaststroke.

Good transition.

Thought I kept a good pace here since I wasn't as winded after the swim as I was last year. In reality? I did the same as last year to within a second! Guess I'm predictable.

I'm fairly happy with my pace in biking, since I need so much more work in running and swimming.

Slow transition. I still haven't figured out how to wrangle a jogging bra over a wet swimsuit in less than a minute. Maybe one day!

At the beginning of the run, I switched from trying to beat last years pace to just trying to make it without stopping. The time absolutely reflects that. OTOH, I did have my foot x-rayed five days before for a possible fracture, so the fact that I was running at all is pretty good.

I needed to do more training running, and not just increase distance but get a sense of pacing. I've never _timed_ my runs, so it's no wonder I don't really have a good sense of how I'll do. Running is a strong point of most of the other competitors, so it'd be nice to bring up my running to the level of my swimming and biking.

Walking, stretching, food!


I need to train more, especially the running. I also need to get better at transitions. I need to find good tri wear that is cool (since I overheat so damned easily!) and supporting (big women, you know what I mean.) On the plus side, had I actually been in the Athena category which I qualify for, I'd have come in in the top half!


This is a wonderful starter race. It sets my goals for the season and gives me a sense of what to focus on. Bravo Sudbury!