Swim was hard for me. I can swim a mile in a pool no problem, but this was my first ever open water swim (I know, I should have practiced). I was a lot more winded than I thought I would be.

The zipper of my Louis Garner TigerShark suit broke while putting it on, but I still wore it anyway.

I was so exhausted that I walked to T1. I need to work on my open water swim so I can run to my bike! I'm planning on joining Team Toledo next summer so that I can join them in their open water swim practices at the lake.

I wore Zoot tri shoes and it took me forever to clean the sand off my feet and get them on.

I need to shave a good 2 minutes on my time and really practice cleaning my feet and putting shoes on! Next time I'll bring a tray of water to dip them in like I saw others do.

Good course, very little hills. I felt good on the bike. My goal was to do 4 min miles and I came just over that.

I'm currently riding a Trek Hybrid and know I would benefit from a tri bike or a road bike. I also need to log more miles to get down to a 3 min mile pace.

No shoe changes, so had a fast transition.

Need to be in better shape to run in run out!

The run is my weakest for sure. I did a 5k last year and my time was about 37 min, so I'm happy that I was only 2 min slower despite swimming and biking first!

I need to train harder and get faster.

Kissed my husband (he also competed), grabbed some Twizzlers and fruit,and drank half a beer provided by the beer tent. LOVE the fact that for ID I showed my calf.


It's my first so I don't have anything to compare it to. I expected there to be drink stations at every mile, but there was only one at the beginning of the race and one 2 miles in. I could have really used one at the 1 mile mark.