hyperventilated at beginning. Body not co-operating with brain. Got breathing under control after the second buoy (about 300m in or more). The only thing that kept me going was the thought of how embarassed I would be to tell people that I quit my first triathlon.

Keep cooler while wearing wetsuit to start. I overheated waiting for the race to start, and the cold water sent my body into a panic.

Decent amount of time spent in first tri T1 evah!

untie my shoes while setting up, so that I don't have to untie them with wet, shaky hands!

best bike evah! Only second time biking with aerobars; could not stay in that position the whole time. Took 10 minutes off of my time at St Malo which was only 2 weeks ago.

Spend more time in aero-position.

Felt I did pretty well in T2. Hurried along, didn't dawdle.

Tough to run in this heat. Forced into 30/30's again.

Train more. Haven't had a training run since May 31. Only have run since then in a 1/2 marathon, duathlon, and now a triathlon.

eating fruit


I'm a beginner and it was really, really hot today. That, and the hyperventilating during the swim leg.


Will be back next year, improving my times.

If anyone on BT was at Pinawa, yes, that was MY tire that blew up!