Started out fine. Girl in front of me was slower than I was, but I could not get past her. I rode on her heel every lap. Had to break the stroke a couple of times to hold up. Swim time was better than my goal, but not what it could have been. Should have been 30 sec to a minute faster. Despite the problem, it was my strongest sport today.

Learn to put on burst of speed so that I can pass people better in a pool swim. Also, seed myself on the swim time better.

Not bad transition for no practice. Problem putting on socks. Couldn't find HR belt. Must have come off in pool.

No socks on the bike. Practice with shoes already on the bike. Double check HR monitor strap.

Not what I had hoped for on the ride. I did not get my gearing set up right in transition. Tried to get it straight at the mount line. Dropped the chain. Got it back on. Dropped it a second time before getting going. First leg of the route was uphill against the wind. Second leg was mostly uphill with cross winds. Finally got to some down hill sections after the halfway point. Felt better towards the end. Was ble to pick up the pace some. Some knowledge of the course would have been helpful

Train more on hills. Push the pace harder. Set the gearing right for the exit from transition. Pre-ride courses whenever possible.

Need to practice on this. Try running with no socks some.

Practice

As expected. I was not fully ready for the run. Walk some, run some, repeat until done.

Train. Train. Train. Watch water intake

Walked around. Had some liquids. Found my HR strap. It had ridden down around my waist with the race belt. Too funny!


Lack of training.


The race was nicely put on. They had pizza at the finish line, but it doesn't sound good at 10:00 in the morning.

There is another sprint fo the exact same distance at this venue in August. I will do it to check on progress. I hope to cut 10-15 min off my time.