My goggles filled with water. Fun time swimming blind. Hung with another swimmer and made it through. No panic.

Congested course. Slowed by others in tight spaces.

I held back too much fearing I wouldn't make it. Next time I run the course no matter what beforehand. I had planned to, but rained out.

Lack of experience


I had a great time. The path was littered with learning experiences, but that's what I was there for.

The swim - First time in a group. I stayed with the jostling until I saw an opening and took off, only to have my goggles fill halway with water about half way through. I adapted though, no panic...I just stayed with someone swimming at my pace and they led me in without knowing it. 12 mins., and that included a run up the hill to the transition.

The bike - The bike was fine-tuned. Worked perfectly. Head wind going out. Congested as I thought on Brown's Road. But, I averaged 20.3. The power was hard to keep up though. It includes two long slow sections both out of the park and back in. And, everytime someone got in my way, I had to let up. But I'm happy with the overall average.

The run - This is where I needed more focus. I should have run the course once before the race. I was sluggish getting started as I expected off the bike, but when I regained my breath, I held back too long for fear of not having the juice to get through. In the future I run the race course before the race, preferably a brick after riding the bike course. I'd planned to do that last Tuesday at the TT but the rain shut it down.

My transition from the swim to the bike was too long.

Otherwise, I thought it was a pretty good first time.