I'm exhausted. When I finished, and got out of the water; I fell over when I tried to stand up. I instantly pulled a calf muscle, and REALLY needed a nap. I also tweaked my back somehow w/ adjusting the way I swim to haul the wetsuit around. My wetsuit was too big, but it's my own fault. I got the bigger size thinking it would make it easier to put on and take off. Turns out that when you swim that just fills up w/ water, and that water is super HEAVY to drag around. Driving all the way home I needed a pillow in the small of my back, and to readjust my car seat. My back is in actual pain. I'm pretty worried I actually pulled a muscle and that I'm not just generally sore. For one thing I've swam a LOT over the past 3 months, and KNOW that when I get sore from just fatigue it's always in my arms and shoulders first. Soreness, in my back is weird like an injury and not just tired. Also it's not just mildly sore either.

Get a wet suit that fits. Work more on sighting - I only did enough to learn that I pull to the right and to work to compensate for that. I haven't actually corrected it.

I was DONE - this was about the limit of what I can do. THere was nothing left once I got out of the water.


Navigation - I need to learn to sight, and probably need to work on bilateral breathing.


Need to specify the difference between rt 50 & business 50 in the directions. Actually put up the signs to parking that the directions say to follow. First race, so I don't know if this is usually a problem; but the buyoys for the next turn were too far away to see from water level after a turn. You didn't actualy have anything to USE for siting until you finished about half a leg. The leg along the shore was easier since you could use stuff on the beach for sighting. But the legs headed out into the water had nothing until you were close enough to see the buyoys. It's possible this is MY individual problem, and I'm just horrible at sighting. I probably am - but I feel like I got better at that (sighting) over the course of the race. The second circuit when I was better, I still had problems w/ sighting on the second & third legs of the triangle.