I could have swam faster - got caught up behind a few women who I assumed were faster than me. would have been difficult to pass.

After a 25 year break from real swimming, I did the best in this part of the race: 7/50. Shocking!!

Nothing. I was thrilled!

2:44 on my watch. It was as good as I was capable of doing. Some people did have their shoes clipped on their pedals and jumped on their bike. Others spent many more minutes double knotting their running shoes here. A real mixed bag. I just wanted to clip on successfully, and I did!

I arrived early (one of the first) and got a really good rack - easy to find after the swim, right by the run exit. This was a good idea as you ran over gravel and pavement where the volunteers were ensuring that they found & removed all of the broken glass. I was glad to be putting on my bike shoes and not having to encounter gravel & glass.

Nothing today! Eventually learn to clip faster.

Thrilled with the bike portion. Perhaps I didn't pace myself!? Who knew, I've never done a bike race before!! I didn't drink at all on the bike and given the distance this was probably okay. Average cadence was nearly 90, based on what I saw when I looked at my monitor.

Learn to drink on the bike. I could probably do it but I didn't want to fall off my bike!

1 minute on my watch; A little trouble racking the bike; nothing major. Got everything off fairly quickly. No riding with feet on top of shoes or jumping off moving bike for me, yet. But again a real mixed bag of levels and I really didn't feel I suffered for this.

Nothing!

This was the hardest part for me. After 18 years of running experience! I gave it all on my bike and this was all I had left. I am happy with how I did. I pushed it at the end.

More bricks to improve my running and the end of a triathlon.

Met my family! I had only seen them once on the course but they saw me and took pictures (will upload later). Went to post-race brunch at the house of a friend who also did the tri.


Nothing. I did as well as I could.


Awesome. good race, great volunteers. Caught up with some friends I haven't seen for a while. I smiled a lot, probably even during the swim. Had a great time!

They didn't time the transitions and my bike time on my watch is faster than what they timed me at. A couple of women in my age group, one who was 2nd last year, and another a friend of mine who had an excellent bike leg, didn't get their run times recorded. If they are able to figure something out my overall rank might drop. Oh well, I'm happy!