The start was pretty wild. I swear there weren't more than a dozen or so who could swim in a straight line. Every time I fought clear another yahoo would cut in front of me.

swim faster?

Still took a little too long. Need to get some speed laces. I fumbled with my shirt a bit, too.

full body tri suit?

stunk up the course again.

keep training & hope my legs get stronger

Made up some of the lost time on T1. I'm still not using bike shoes for sprints, so this time was basically getting to my rack & finding the exit.

had to tell myself to slow down during the first mile or so. tough to do with so many 'rabbits' in front to chase down. But I was much happier when I got to the hill because I kept some energy to pass folks. I also was able to put on a burst during the last 400yds or so to make up some more time.

not much, I'm pretty happy with the run for where I'm at in my training

jogged around and ate some food


awful bicycling skills.


Other than waiting around 45min for my wave, I thought it was pretty good. I'm tempted to sign up as 'elite' next year so I can go in the first wave - I'd finish middle of the pack from the swim wave & no one would know I wasn't elite until they saw my bike splits...