since it was my first OWS with wetsuits, told myself to relax and not to get in the middle of other swimmers. I let others pass me by moving away from the pack. I think I got too far away from the pack ended up going to far from the bouy. difficult sighting the bouy in the waves.

practice more in OWS and have confident in OWS swim. get used to the combat swimming.

I think I did well for the first T1 ever

Biked hard to make up the loss on swim. heart rate averaged around 180. Used a hybrid bike my friend gave me few years ago, and felt good to pass people with nicer road bikes.
Drank too much gatorade toward the end of bike which gave me stomach cramp during the run.

drink less. not to push too hard towards end.

surprised to find being ranked 72 on T2 for my first Tri. Made up a lot of time passing quite few people who had passed me during the bike.

Coming out of T2, my legs felt so heavy. Maybe pushed too hard at end of bike. Felt my stomach cramping from drinking too much gatorade during the bike. Got better towards end. After seeing the sign "No passing" near the Finish line(which was for bike) slowed down only to get passed by another by the finish line.

sprint to the finish line!

walked around.


inexperience in OWS.


It was my first tri and even though the OWS was hard, I had a great time!