On my first length the girl behind me hit my foot so I let her pass but I was on her the rest of the swim . I tapped her foot a few times but she would not let me pass. Although frustrating, at least I was able to draft the entire swim.

I ran past my bike - whoops!

bright orange or yellow towel

Felt really good on the bike but I think I could have gone harder

They didn't have the heats marked on the racks coming from the transition of bike to run so I couldn't figure out where #4 was. I did run up the right one thankfully.

Next time I will make sure I look at both sides of the racks.

Right out of transition there is steep hill to run up and when you think you are finished running up hills, there are more! Thankfully what goes up must come down and there are a few down hills. My foot is still giving me grief from the marathon last week so it was painful at the start but later I think I just blocked it out. My goal was to run the whole 5K without walking any of the hills. I talked to some people after who said that they walked the first hill to get their legs back and to conserve energy but I think I would run it again as my legs came back quickly. I just wish I was a faster runner.

Run more hills in training.

Walked around and chatted to friends.


Perhaps my foot but I felt I had a great race. I need to focus on improving my run.


Great race, I would do it again. There is only one drink station on the run and none on the bike. It was also quite hot and there wasn't enough to drink at the food station - although they had a good spread of food. They did have coffee but I didn't have any in the heat. I need to remember suntan lotion as I did burn my shoulders and the body markings work great as sunscreen (yup the black is gone but you can see my numbers on my arms due to my burn). The prizes were really good but you had to stay to get them - bike accessories, bike, weekend get away, etc. I won a Asics t-shirt and hat. The t-shirt is a XXL so I'll be passing that on to my hubby.