Swim felt great. There wasnt any OWS freak out or people swimming over me. Even managed to swim over a couple people and pass a few in the swim wave ahead of me. I was pretty shocked at my time considering I havent trained as well as I would have liked. Didnt kick AT ALL and purposefully held my stroke rate down so I would last. Once I log some more hours in the pool I think I can definitely get my swim time down a bunch!

Sight a little bit better. I held a good course, but went a bit wide around the backside of the swim course. Couldve shaved off at least a minute had I just stuck to the buoy line and swam instead of worrying about getting in peoples way or people getting in my way.

Slow. I was so pumped about my swim time that I used up a bit too much energy on the run to T1. Suit came off fine exsept for it getting stuck on the timing chip. Thought about taking it off but was worried I'd forget to put it back on.

Practice wetsuit removal a bit more.

Did much better than I expected. I drove the course a month beforehand and was scared I wouldnt be able to ride up all the hills. Rode up all the hills just fine, slow, but fine. Ended up getting my first flat in a race in my first race so was actually nice to get that out of the way. Hadnt really practiced with the CO2 so it took me way too long. Didnt have a repair kit to patch the big gash in my front tire so I was just praying that it held. According to my bike comp my average was 17+mph so I definitely spent way to much time changing my flat.

Train on hills A LOT more. Practice changing a flat. Bring a repair kit. Pure luck was the only thing that kept the tire from flatting again.

Slow again. Saw Mr. Heathen in T2 and chatted with him for a bit. Not really sure why this took me so long. I think I was just glad to have survived the bike that I took my time.

Speed my slow a$$ up!

What can I say, my body hates to run. The first 1/2 mile of the run it felt like someone was jamming hot pokers into my shins and lower back. Luckily, a woman in the F50-55 age group came by and told me to suck it up and that if she can do it at 52 years of age, I can do it at 37. That motivated me and we spent the rest of the race encouraging each other. I think she hated running up hills more than I do! My time wasnt fast but it was only 11 minutes off my stand alone 10k PR, I wasnt too upset about being so slow.

I used my new Zoot Ultra 3.0 run shoes that I picked up at the expo despite the Zoot rep sternly telling me not to run in them the next day. I freaking love those things. Its like running in slippers! I highly recommend them.

Dont walk! Log WAAAY more training run miles. Out of all 3 discipines, this is definitely the area where I need to just suck it up and run.

Got the post race massage at my wifes insistence. MY BODY DOESNT BEND THAT WAY!!


Training and overall fitness. If I wouldve have trained more like I know I had to instead of training how I felt like training I know I would have been alot closer to 3hrs instead of 4.


My first Oly and if I didnt have the tri bug before, I definitely have it now!

Made my goal time and didnt DNF or end up DFL so I am super happy about this race.