The RD had told me the serpentine swim would go Left to Right, which I practiced, PERFECT for flip turning under the lane line, but it ended up being right to left which meant I had to open turn and then go under, cost me time! I was also supposed to be the 10th person in the water and ended up being the 4th which made me feel a little off balance. I was passed by some speedster who must have put in a wrong time, he supposedly started 3 lanes behind me and ended up 2 in front of me! I think his swim time was 5:30! Other than that, nice open water for me to swim... I was the 2nd woman overall in the swim.

Went out pretty hard the first 100. Start a little more relaxed and then build.

Good transition, bike was a straight shot right outside the pool exit. Got out fast, but had problems getting feet into pedals to get going...not sure what that was about.

Still need to practice, want to pick up some more free speed!! I think I may try the sockless thing...

Good ride, but legs felt pretty tired. I couldn't get my speed going... on the one good downhill that normally would be 23-24 mph I was only going about 19.5?? The wind was stronger than I would have hoped. I didn't pass anyone, 2 hot young guys passed me, and I basically felt like I was all by myself out on the road because I was one of the first swimmers in the water. I was the 4th woman overall in the bike.

More hill work, and just more time in the saddle.

Felt like this was a pretty good transition, but would still like it to be faster.

Work on getting bike shoes off faster, maybe even taking them off on the bike and running in socks (or barefoot if I can handle that).

This is the first tri that I ran the whole thing!! So yeah, it was slow, but overall 10:24 pace is pretty dang good for me! Took almost 2 miles before I felt normal, and was able to push it through the finish.

My goal is to really turn into a runner this winter! I want to get my run times down into the 9's for sure, I would LOVE to hit 8's! If I can get run times down, I will be really kicking @$$ in my AG.

Talked to the girl that came in right before me... she had done CdA and we were talking about that. Got some water, walked my daughter back to her car since she couldn't stay for the award ceremony, and waited for another tri friend to come in and then we just hung out waiting for the awards. Had some water and a banana and a Power Bar.


Felt a little tired today, not sure I did a very good taper week, but I was happy with my run.