Pretty good race. Decent size wave. Treading water for 5 minutes was a bit much. In one way, a substitue warm up. In another way, kinda made me nervy just treading and waiting. The sea weed factor was nasty!

I definitely swam more aggressively this time and felt more comfortable with sighting. Still pull breast stroke on a few occasions but not much. Got to watch the sun rising over the lake while we swam!

Something wierd: I started to get dizzy on the first leg. Like, kind of disoriented. Not sure if that's just an OWS thing you have to get over/get used to, but I just ignored it and plowed forward and was fine.

I think I let myself get a little of course at least twice. Nothing horrible, but I think if I would have sighted more frequently I would have save a little more time and energy. I really think I need more OWS practice, this taught me that you can easily get off course and add distance (and time!) to your swim.

I will also START AT THE FRONT next time! I had to swim over/around a LOT of people, I swear that adds time. Being new, I have started in the middle b/c I wasn't sure I was fast enough for the front. But now I've seen what a PITA it is to be behind slower folks.

I'll include this in the RR since I had to do it! They made us walk up the dock and plank, which I didn't like. But then I ran all the way through transition to my teammates bike. Took of the time chip, he put it on and was off.

Nothing.

Just caught my breath, drank some and walked around.


Nothing really.


I am on the fence about this race. Some things I liked, others not. They had some music going and the starter was getting people pumped up. They were also spot-on time with the wave starts. But A LOT of the volunteers couldn't answer simple questions (or at least direct you to someon who could), which was a bit irritating. I also had to help pick up FOUR bike racks that were knocked over, and it was not due to athletes being too rough. I've seen toothpicks that were more stable than these racks. Parking was also a pain; so many roads were blocked off so early that it was hard to know where to go.

I was considering doing this race next year for a first Oly (because my employer will foot the bill), but now I'm not sure. The relay was fun though; hopefully I can talk my teammates into a longer distance next year!