Catfish Triathlon (Page 2)

This was my first race and I cant say that I have been exactly "motivated" to train lately.  I struggled a bit with the swim (had to breast stroke quite a bit) and came in at 24 min and change.   I started to get nervous during the swim when several pink caps caught up to me after starting several minutes behind.  Good transition and had a decent bike but was a it slower than pastoops, I beleive that I was around 19 mph avg according to the cyclocomp.  Second transition was fast and I really struggled on the run, probably around 9:45 /mi  Ended up coming in at 1:41 overall. 

 I was content with my time considering I just learned how to swim 6 weeks ago and was riding a road bike I bought at walmart.  I had fun though and plan to do more races with my new training partners.  Four of us from work decided to do this race and rode and ran together fairly often. 

 Biggest dissappointment of the race was that by the time I made my way over to the refreshments table the donuts were gone. 

It was good to meet some of you before the race.

I would have preferred to go faster on the run, but can't complain with my overall time.

This was only my 4th tri, but I thought is was the least organized out the 4.  Some improvement suggestions for the race organizers for next year:

1. Post better maps of the course online.
2. List the location to pick up packets the day before the race online.
3. Some sort of finish line sign so spectators can find it.  The first few finishers had to cross the line before the majority of the spectators realized where it was.
4. Present the awards sooner.  The food table was torn down, the transition area was emptied and disassembled, and all the results had been posted for a long time before they were awarded.

These are just improvement suggestions, and I plan on doing it again next year.  This is a fun little race on a very fast course.

My previous races have taken 2-4 days until the results were posted online.